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From: kolbjorn.aambo@ub.uio.no (Kolbjørn Aambø)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta
Subject: Re: How to do low level stuff
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:28:02 +0100
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In article <yz9r9t6hsww.fsf@fenris.mjolner.dk>, Morten Grouleff
<mg@mjolner.dk> wrote:

> Karl Waclawek <kwaclaw@thestar.ca> writes:
> 
> [...]
:
> In the next release of the Mjolner System, some new basic types are
> introduced. These include signed and unsigned integers of sizes
> 8,16,32,64 bits.  There will also be a 16 bit wchar which is intended to
> hold unicode chars.
:
This is just great.... asked for that some years a go by the way....

But there is one additional thing you just have to adress to get BETA to
become a more useful language: Lets give variables an ENDIAN based type!

bsUInt64 (bigsmallUnsigned64bit int) Big Endian Unsigned 64 bit.
sbUInt64 (smallbigUnsigned64bit int) Little Endian Unsigned 64 bit.
same for all other types....

Cant you just rename wchar into Unicode:
bsUnicode 
sbUnicode

If you followed that advice you could make an Internet Communication
package where everything is done big Endian, for instance. Let the
compiler do bs->sb and sb->bs implicit and issue warnings for converting
overhead if neccesary....

Kolbjørn Aambø

hopeful future user of Beta 2k
Last time I gave up Beta in 1991....