> So I definitely thing "signed by default" is much more of a slam dunk if it is paired with "64-bit by default". Yes yes and yes. There is nothing that would

> So I definitely thing "signed by default" is much more of a slam dunk if it is paired with "64-bit by default". Yes yes and yes. There is nothing that would make me happier than if GCC and Clang gave us the freedom to choose an ILP64 data model. In that case, we wouldn't need prototypes anymore and we could restore much of the original intent behind the design of C.