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On Jul 9, 2013, at 2:05 PM, Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

>> Just so I understand, what was the rationale for choosing 64 over 32 as the integer size?
> 
> We have just discussed this subject today, a few hours ago. Check
> the list.  (The main rationale for having integers is to allow 64-bit
> integers; you will not have 64-bit integers with a 32-bit integer size.)
> 
> -- Roberto
> 

Ah ok, thank you.