Re: 64 bit ints

Yes. The trick is obviously to know what code to move "up" and what code to move "down". But that is fundamental knowledge to everyone that optimizes code. And, as has been stated in this forum before, just because you move code up to a higher level doesn't mean that it will be slower. It is realistic to have as goal that a Pike program should outperform a C program, given equal development cost.

/ Martin Nilsson (har bott i google)

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2003-02-27 00:08: Subject: Re: 64 bit ints

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Reminds me of java. I think "more and more in pike" can be dangerous - C is faster. Doing too much in Pike code will have negative impacts. Not that I see Pike having any issues with this.

/ David Hedbor