[squeak-dev] 64 bit integer arithmetic

Benoit St-Jean bstjean at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 13 22:22:35 UTC 2016


I was wondering if the 64-bit VM (such as the one for Squeak 5.1) will support 64-bit integer arithmetic with primitives for positive integers.  Right now, 64 positive integers support bitwise operations but through code (LargePositiveInteger).  Any plan to move those calculations/operations to primitives to speed things up?  

That would be so wonderful and nice for someone like me wanting to fully use a 64-bit architecture & Squeak/Cog/Pharo/Whatever/VM for a chess engine project! ----------------- 
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