Re: 64 bit ints

The Pike compiler is streching its limits in terms of complexity and maintainability. In order to reduce code size and increase feature set it makes sense to rewrite it in a higher level language than C. Grubba can hopefully provide some more specific reasons.

/ Martin Nilsson (har bott i google)

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2003-02-27 03:10: Subject: Re: 64 bit ints

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On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 12:25:03AM +0100, Martin Nilsson (har bott i google) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:

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Grubbas new iteration of Pike compiler is written in Pike.

May I ask - what for? It seems to me more like excercise than a real thing.... Something like web server written in bash or postscript... :)

Regards, /Al

/ Brevbäraren