On 26/11/2025 17:08, Thiago Macieira via Std-Proposals wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 November 2025 00:53:28 Pacific Standard Time David Brown via
> Std-Proposals wrote:
>> How about "very long" ? And maybe for the next type that is at least
>> 256 bits, it could be "ridiculously long" ? :-)
>
> Would that make the 512-bit integer the "ludicrously long" and 1024 go
> "plaid"? :-)
>

We are onto "Space Balls The Movie" now, aren't we? Can we look up the
VHS version of C++29 to see how it all ends? :-)

I remember reading an April Fool's proposal for adding new integer sizes
to C, using combinations of "long" and "short" to get different sizes -
like a "short long int" would be 24 bits. Unfortunately I am unable to
find it again.