Re: "core C"

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: "core C"
Date	2015-06-30 14:17 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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"Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 8:02:16 AM UTC-4, Bart wrote:
>> On 30/06/2015 12:27, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
<snip>
>> > #12 Two new arbitrary size variable type are introduced:  bi, bfp
>> >     (bi=big integer, bfp=big floating point)
>> 
>> Not exactly part of a core language. You would expect a core language to 
>> implement features like this.
>
> Would or wouldn't expect a core language to implement a feature like
> this?  Core C defines it.

I think BartC means that truly "core" language -- one that's widely
implemented and can be used to write fast, portable code (a bit C, for
example), would be used to provide such features for languages like RDC
(and Haskell and Python and so on).

Interesting that you don't have a br type (big rational), and whist I
find the topic of bfp very interesting, I am guessing you don't know
what you mean by it yet.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

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"core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 08:38 +0200
  Re: "core C" jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-06-30 07:54 +0000
    Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 02:55 -0700
    Re: "core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 17:31 +0200
      Re: "core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 18:15 +0200
        Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 12:19 -0700
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:27 -0700
    Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:48 -0700
      Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 13:07 +0100
        Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 05:15 -0700
    Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 13:02 +0100
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 05:13 -0700
        Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 13:58 +0100
          Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 06:11 -0700
            Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 15:11 +0100
              Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 07:50 -0700
                Re: "core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 17:24 +0200
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 17:44 +0100
                Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 10:04 -0700
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-01 11:46 +0100
                Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-01 04:40 -0700
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-01 08:05 -0700
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-01 17:01 +0100
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-01 10:56 -0700
                Re: "core C" BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-04 12:59 -0500
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-04 20:25 +0100
                Re: "core C" BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-04 20:56 -0500
        Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 14:17 +0100
    Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 14:03 +0100
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 06:16 -0700
    Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-30 15:46 +0200
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 07:54 -0700
      Re: "core C" Steve Thompson <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-07-03 12:25 +0000
    Re: "core C" jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-07-01 15:04 +0000
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-01 08:12 -0700
    Re: "core C" BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-04 10:36 -0500
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:41 -0700
    Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 14:19 +0100
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 06:25 -0700
        Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 15:48 +0100
          Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 07:52 -0700
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:42 -0700
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 08:28 -0700
    Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-30 22:28 +0200
      Re: "core C" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-01 08:45 +1200
        Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 13:56 -0700
          Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-07-01 10:27 +0200
        Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 14:56 -0700
          Re: "core C" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-01 10:03 +1200
            Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 15:31 -0700
              Re: "core C" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-01 10:52 +1200
                Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 16:58 -0700
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-30 17:30 -0700
                Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-07-01 08:54 +0200
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-01 07:54 -0700
                Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-01 09:42 -0700

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