Mike wrote: > > > - Do Perl programs use a standard-sized platform-indepedent arithmetic > > by default, or do they relly on the native size? > > Unknown (open issue). > > We need to hear from the design team on that last point -- whether Perl > will assure that C<int> is always 32 bit, for example, or if C<int> is > platform-dependent. My guess is the latter. We will possibly have > access to the Parrot types C<int8>, C<int16>, C<int32>, and C<int64> for > cases where it is important to represent an explicitly sized int.
The current plan is that C<int> (and C<num>) will be platform-dependent. Allison
