Re: declare 64 bit integers?

(message (Hello 'Nathan)
(you :wrote :on '(Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:51:48 -0000))
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??>> i'm afraid it won't run "super fast" (if you mean using directly
??>> machine registers/CPU instructions) on any available
??>> implementation. you can pick one -- for example, SBCL -- and ask
??>> developers if it's possible to extend compiler to suport this stuff.

NF> The original poster didn't specify what the target machine was
NF> (although it
NF> sounds like he's using a 32-bit machine), but for the record, SBCL on
NF> x86-64
NF> can do unboxed operations on 64-bit integers just like Java or C++.

just of curiosity -- this is how?

* (log most-positive-fixnum 2)
60.0

so fixnums are just 61 bit wide, that's not interesting. how to declare
64-bit interger value?


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(With-best-regards '(Alex Mizrahi) :aka 'killer_storm)
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