On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Owen Shepherd <owen.sheph...@e43.eu> wrote: > > For implementing bignum arithmetic, this is obviously a point where a > "natural int" type would be best (probably the biggest which fits a single > register)
If you plan on writing a competitive big integer library, then the integer size is the least of your worries. You're going to be using specialized instructions per-revision of different platforms not provided outside of inline assembly or per-platform LLVM intrinsics. _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
