64bit internal, 53bit external... this has been known for like 20yr
History is what it is indeed. This whole discussion stemmed from an "other languages do/have done this better" talk, which, well, is the case, but fixing things now is better than never. I hope JS finds ways to evolve towards getting rid of these nits. It's definitely not easy!
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My main beef isn't with the language (I can understand why it is what it is, and it's improving) but with those who defend its warts just because they like it. Those people are rarely the ones actually working on the language :-)
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In my experience the worst belly-aching comes from those who haven't done JS in years -- or ever. But YMMV. “There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.” ― Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language
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