On: 128-bit RISC-V assembler

[baybal2]

Who needs 2^128 integers?

[hdjjhhvvhga → baybal2]

It opens up some very interesting possibilities and optimization options that you wouldn't normally ever consider. In any case, I think programmers of most languages wouldn't even need to care as all optimizations would be done by the teams working on the compilers/interpreters/VMs.

Note that it's not just about integers, floating point would also benefit from this.

[mrlonglong → baybal2]

You can use tagged pointers for memory protection.

[sedatk → baybal2]

Evergreen comment, "2^128" being an arbitrary upper limit.

[rowanG077 → baybal2]

It could speed up some crypto algorithms that use very large words.