On 26/09/17 15:53, Peter Lawrey wrote: > None, except you end up jumping through hoops to implement 128 bit > arithmetic efficiently or cleanly. At some point language support for such > a basic operation is the simplest and clearest solution.
There's nothing inefficient about this approach. I don't quite see how 128-bit types help with cleanliness, because then you'd need a multiplyHigh for 128-bit types, surely? You need that for the type system to be complete. -- Andrew Haley Java Platform Lead Engineer Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com> EAC8 43EB D3EF DB98 CC77 2FAD A5CD 6035 332F A671
