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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Your wish list for Ada 202X
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On 04/02/2014 03:53 PM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> Even on 8-bit and 16-bit processors??

I'd like the language to support any integer type declaration a user is willing 
to write, regardless of "efficiency". For some such declarations, the compiler 
can chain together multiple machine "words" as we used to do in the Good Old 
DaysŪ to get 16-bit integers on 8-bit machines like the 6502. At some the point 
the compiler should be allowed to use the same representation as 
Unbounded_Integer, which would implement the unlimited-precision integer package 
the compiler writer has had to use to write the compiler (or a similar package 
for the target for cross compilers).

Not going to happen, I know, but ...

I'd also like a mode in which objects that don't fit on the stack would be 
automatically put on the heap.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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