>>>>> "David" == David Hanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
David> --- Raymond Toy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I think there is support for 64-bit ints in the FFI,
>> but there are no
>> native 64-bit ints[1]. The 64-bit int will be a
>> bignum. Perhaps
>> that's acceptable for those people who need to this.
David> Hmmm.. How hard would this be to add? I could
David> *really* use unboxed 64-bit integers.
Do you mean on x86? Hard. At least it was fairly hard for me to get
this partially working on sparc-v9, which does have 64-bit integer
registers. Someone smarter would probably have an easier time.
This is complicated by the fact that there aren't any 64-bit integer
registers on x86. You'd have to do something with MMX or SSE or
something, as Fred Gilham mentions in another mail.
Ray
