From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Making --with-wide-int the default Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:58:37 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83oag087gs.fsf@gnu.org> <83oafz70im.fsf@gnu.org> <5620AF43.4050401@cs.ucla.edu> <83k2qn6xfm.fsf@gnu.org> <5620B4FA.1000804@cs.ucla.edu> <83wptojs1r.fsf@gnu.org> <56444C66.8050506@gmx.at> <83r3jugx8g.fsf@gnu.org> <87io56nu0a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83lha1dl87.fsf@gnu.org> <871tbrmeu3.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <564A63FB.7040209@cs.ucla.edu> <564AC9EA.5060200@cs.ucla.edu> <22090.61048.541688.443882@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447801153 8242 80.91.229.3 (17 Nov 2015 22:59:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: random832@fastmail.com, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ulrich Mueller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 17 23:59:08 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZypDN-0002vz-2I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:59:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32768 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZypDM-00043A-Do for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:59:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40354) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZypD8-00042s-QP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:58:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZypD7-0007so-UA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:58:50 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44125) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZypCw-0007ll-88; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:58:38 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZypCv-0001WL-Io; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:58:37 -0500 In-reply-to: <22090.61048.541688.443882@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> (message from Ulrich Mueller on Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:08:08 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:194676 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > A limit imposed by the machine's word size doesn't seem so arbitrary, > if it can only be surpassed with a significant performance penalty. That is right. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.