Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"

On 07.04.2025 21:29, Richard Heathfield wrote:

 
ObC: I am currently roughing out a proposal for the ISO folks to
introduce the 288-bit long long long long long long long long long int,
or universe_t for short, so that programs will be able to keep track of
those 100 tredecimillion atoms. Each universe_t will be able to count
atoms in almost five million observable universes, which should be
enough to be going on with.

Thus artificially restricting the foundational research not only of
theoretical physics but also of pure mathematics and philosophy? ;-)
Mind that "640kB is enough" experience! :-)

More seriously; there's already tools and libraries that support
"arbitrary" precision were necessary. Not in an 'int' type, though.

Janis