Re: [vos-d] datatypes

2007-01-22 Thread Peter Amstutz
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 11:59:58PM +0800, Lalo Martins wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:07:43 -0500, Peter Amstutz wrote: > > Quick technical design question I wanted to throw out for debate: > > unsigned types. The current s5 design calls for 8, 16, 32 and 64 bit > > signed and unsigned integer

Re: [vos-d] datatypes

2007-01-22 Thread Lalo Martins
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:07:43 -0500, Peter Amstutz wrote: > Quick technical design question I wanted to throw out for debate: > unsigned types. The current s5 design calls for 8, 16, 32 and 64 bit > signed and unsigned integer types, in addition to single- and > double-precision floats. It rece

[vos-d] datatypes

2007-01-22 Thread Peter Amstutz
Quick technical design question I wanted to throw out for debate: unsigned types. The current s5 design calls for 8, 16, 32 and 64 bit signed and unsigned integer types, in addition to single- and double-precision floats. It recently occurred to me that some important languages don't have uns