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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 12:57:23 -0500
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From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: 64-bit integer math
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At 11:45 AM 2/2/99 +0200, you wrote:
>These functions are not in libc.a, they are in libgcc.a.  Since GCC 
>supports long long data type, the compiler distribution comes with 
>software implementation of functions needed for that support, for those 
>processors which don't have machine instructions to do that.  The source 
>of these functions is in gcc281s.zip.

Just out of curiosity, what processors do have instructions to do 64-bit
integer math, other than 64-bit processors? :-)
Are there processors that do 128 or higher bit integer math?
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