Re: Tail call elimination

[Pete Dietl]

I really like the idea of using GMP to do the math.
Does it make sense to restrict ourselves to integer only? Probably,
but just a thought. Could always introduce it later.
Yes there is the question of use case and YAGNI, but there's also the
case of why artificially restrict the abilities of $(expr).

Assuming we at least do GMP with integers, I want to know the
operators that we should support.
I propose:

Arithmetic Functions:
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* add
* subtract
* multiply
* divide
* negate
* absolute value
* exponentiate

Bit Manipulation:
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* and
* or
* xor
* complement
* left shift
* right shift

Comparison Functions:
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* >
* >=
* <
* <=
* ==

If this looks ok then I can proceed with making a proposal document.
I can format it to resemble a Make documentation page.