> It can also be the case that a processor with a 32-bit address contains
> intrinsic support for larger integers. And then there's reals - for
> decades, processors have had hardware support for reals larger than the
> address size. The 16-bit DEC PDP-11, for example, supported 64-bit
> reals in hardware (some models). For vendors to change the default kinds
> would break many customer applications, which is why we don't do it.
Weren't there some VAX models which had hardware support for 64- or even
128-bit data types?
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