On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 08:44:06PM -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Moritz Lenz <mor...@faui2k3.org> wrote: > > Am 10.08.2010 01:11, schrieb Aaron Sherman: > > I've been running into all sorts of problems trying to take S02 at its > >> word that Int supports arbitrary precision. It *sort of* does. > > > > It does in Perl 6, but not in Rakudo (known limitation). > > > > > Is this an interim limitation, or something that's intended as a long-term > implementation for Rakudo?
It's an interim limitation, but I don't know how long it will be before Rakudo fixes it. Certainly Perl 5 has survived for a very long time without needing its integers to be arbitrary precision by default. > [...] > But assuming that Parrot's BigInt will be expanded to suit general purpose > needs, is it Rakudo's plan to use it for Int implementation? My guess is that Rakudo will ultimately develop its own arbitrary-precision integer representation, rather than trying to use the BigInt that comes with Parrot. Also, IIRC, Parrot's BigInt implementation only works on systems that have certain libraries installed. Pm
