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Completely agree about big integers. I expect that the next generation of programming languages will offer a "number" type that's big integer or decimal by defa
by jcrites 13y ago
Completely agree about big integers. I expect that the next generation of programming languages will offer a "number" type that's big integer or decimal by default, and then allow engineers to refine the type as an optimization. One trouble is the data storage layer - typical database fields are fixed size and don't naturally accommodate big integers. Thus where MMOs are concerned, using big integers will still require some deliberate effort.
- aidenn0 13y agoSounds like common lisp (though I doubt it was the first to have a flexible number type).
- lispm 13y agoLisp before Common Lisp had it. But the Common Lisp language sorted it out, such that other languages copied it partly.
- hedgie 13y agopython has this now after 2.5, iirc. it's handy when you want an unbounded calculator =D