Hello Simon, Wednesday, August 2, 2006, 4:06:48 PM, you wrote:
>> Actually, you can keep it to one test for add/subtract if you >> use a single word that is either a number or a pointer, the >> pointer being tagged in lowest bit. Then you can add first >> and check for tags after. Having tags is rare, so the machine >> should be told so, if possible. This way you can keep the >> overhead for bignums really low. But it requires very special >> handling of bignums and I'm not sure it's worth it. it's used in Ocaml, btw -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
