[erlang-questions] halfword emulator state

[Jeff Schultz]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 03:38:57PM +1200, Richard O'Keefe wrote:
> On 31/05/2011, at 8:20 AM, Paolo Negri wrote:
> > I would like to assess the state of development and recommended usage
> > of the halfword emulator.

> Could I just make the point that "halfword" is confusing?
> I thought it referred to 16-bit units of something.
> It might be clearer if called the "small pointer emulator"
> or something like that.

Or "compact pointer emulator" or "compact address emulator."


    Jeff Schultz