Are there any 64-bit number proposals under consideration?

[John Lenz]

I should have been more precise, I meant 64-bit integers, not greater
precision floating points (although, I'm sure that would be interesting
too).

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Sam Ruby <rubys at intertwingly.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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