Path: news.cs.au.dk!not-for-mail From: Ole Lehrmann Madsen Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: Re: 64 bit signed ints like in Java, long long as in C Date: 30 Jul 1999 07:58:01 -0000 Organization: University of Aarhus, Department of Computer Science (DAIMI) Lines: 24 Approved: mailtonews@cs.au.dk Distribution: world Message-ID: <19990730075801.8701.qmail@noatun.mjolner.dk> Reply-To: Ole Lehrmann Madsen NNTP-Posting-Host: daimi.cs.au.dk X-Trace: xinwen.cs.au.dk 933321493 6347713 255.255.255.255 (30 Jul 1999 07:58:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@cs.au.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Jul 1999 07:58:13 GMT Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12045 > Now that Mjolner have decided to implement Unicode strings there are only > two aspect of the Beta language that prevent me from using it for somthing > futuristic; > > 1) it lacks 64 bits integers. Since such animals are allready implemented > in std C libraries of resent OS implementations as well as many > C-compilers, I have promlems realizing why this is not part of Beta > Version 5 also. 64 bits integers are among other things used for disk file > positioning and 64 bit's date/time representation. > The reason that 64-bit integers are not yet implemented is lack of resources. For release 5.0 we have mainly invested in new versions of the Mjølner tools (structure editor, browser, CASE tool, interface builder, debugger), improved persistent store, support for MS COM, and a number of other things. We realize that 64-bit integers are important. Some preliminary work has been made, but unfortunately full 64-bit support will not be completed for release 5.0. ---olm > > Best wishes > > Kolbjørn Aambø, Norwegian National Library >