Are there any 64-bit number proposals under consideration?

[Sam Ruby]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:00 AM, John Lenz <concavelenz at gmail.com> wrote:
> By this I mean, a usable type like by mere mortals, not generated C++ code.
>
> Maybe something like:
>
> var v64 = LongNumber.from('2e58');
> v64 = LongNumber.add(v64, 2);
>
> It doesn't have to be pretty just reasonably and perform closer to native
> speed.

Word of advice, whatever you do, do NOT mention IEEE 754.  Trust me.  :-)

- Sam Ruby