🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <3bsOwQ9ytdOV084yn@csn.net>, Thad Smith <ThadSmith@acm.org> wrote:
> Granted, built in is easier to use than library calls.  I questioning
> how often we need 128-bit int arithmetic.

I was coming up with a list of reasons why mandating more than 64 bits
for now is unnecessary when I thought of a very important 128-bit
application: IPv6 addresses.

The change from the current IPv4 to IPv6 is going to be painful - a 10-year
transition is anticipated.  As the Internet gets larger, it will become
even more painful.  Thus the choice of 128 bits, to guard against the need
to have another incompatible upgrade in future.

It's the only application I've been able to think of, but it's a hell
of an important one.
-- 
	-Colin