Florian Klaempfl wrote:
A couple of questions, wrt FPC v2.x:
-- Is Int64 supported in all platforms?
Yes.
-- Is there a Int128 or something like it?
When Windows was 32bit, Delphi had Int64; it's only natural
that now we should have Int128 :-)
Well, not at all. Int64 has it's purposes for e.g. file size. But
> tell me applications where you need an Int128?
I can not come up with a compelling arguement right now,
much like I could not come up with one, say, 20 years ago.
Except that, it seems customary to have a data type double
the available CPU/OS max bit size.
Ah, here is one: what happens if I wanted to multiply
2 Int64 numbers?
I don't know why I would need to do it right now, though :-)
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