19 Jun
2003
19 Jun
'03
9:59 a.m.
"Simon Marlow"
Haskell does have a standard 64 bit Int, known as Int64.
Okay. I'm still not convinced it's a good idea to tie things to a specific data type. What about CPUs with only native 32bit support, and programs that only need to manipulate small amounts of time? What about computers with a >64 bit native type?
My guess is that there won't be enough of a difference for it to matter.
...and I don't think it's entirely given that two 64 bit numbers will be faster than one Integer.
POSIX "seconds since the epoch" is a *real* kludge. Let's not get the two confused.
Sorry, my bad. -kzm -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants