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I would really like support for 64-bit integers and native 64-bit math.
by jorangreef 14y ago
I would really like support for 64-bit integers and native 64-bit math.
- bthomas 14y agoWhat kind of apps would this help with? JS is never going to take over on the server for me until it can compete with Python's statistics support, I didn't see much in these slides that suggests it could.
- Spien 14y agoNode.js modules and apps that work with C++ libraries/services that return 64bit numbers. Not having 64bit integers is an issue.
- BrendanEich 14y agoIs the lack of bignums (more than int64) the real issue? JS has IEEE754 binary double so that's the same as in Python. Library code can be cross-compiled a number of ways, so I wonder whether the blocker is the lack of Pythonic long.
- bzbarsky 14y agoThere are some proposals to make this happen... They're all in pretty early stages, sadly.
- BrendanEich 14y agoSee https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749786 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749786 based on http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:value_objects http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:value_object.... ES7 at this point. Help test. I need to put up a rebased patch...
- jorangreef 14y agoThanks Brendan, that is good news, added to the cc list, looking forward.