How can I add and subtract 128 bit integers in C or C++ if my compiler does not support them?

Question

I\'m writing a compressor for a long stream of 128 bit numbers. I would like to store the numbers as differences -- storing only the difference between the numbers rather th

Answer 1

Boost 1.53 now includes multiprecision:

#include 
#include 

// Requires Boost 1.53 or higher
// build: g++ text.cpp

int main()
{
    namespace mp = boost::multiprecision;

    mp::uint128_t a = 4294967296;
    mp::uint256_t b(0);
    mp::uint512_t c(0);

    b = a * a;
    c = b * b;

    std::cout << "c: " << c << "\n";
    return 0;
}

Output:

./a.out
c: 340282366920938463463374607431768211456