Re: 64 bit data types

I wonder who came up with that name?
And if they had their thinking cap on at the time?

Some new type names should be invented, the introduction of 64 bit types created Int64 and UInt64; that's not original but they are quite functional :p
The 64 bit compiler will introduce Int128 (needed to compare signed and unsigned 64 bit types) and maybe UInt128.

When the 32 bit compiler was created, 64 bit types were an utopia; nowadays 128 bit address space seems useless but it will probably be introduced in some years (maybe 15 or 20) in desktop computers...

What we need now is fixed size data types (Byte, Word, DWord, QWord, UInt64, ShortInt, SmallInt, LongInt, Int64) and some data types to fit address size (Cardinal seems to play this role)... I started this thread to have a confirmation about data types in the future 64 bit compiler.

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Florent Ouchet
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