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Bird Programming Language: Part 1

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A new general purpose language that aims to be fast, high level and simple to use.
#define FIRST_BIT $8000000000000000ul

ulong FloatToULong(float a)
	if a <= 9223372036854775807f
		return (ulong)(long)a
	else if a <= 18446744073709551615f
		return FIRST_BIT | (ulong)(long)(a - FIRST_BIT)
		
	return 18446744073709551615ul

ulong DoubleToULong(double a)
	if a <= 9223372036854775807d
		return (ulong)(long)a
	else if a <= 18446744073709551615f
		return FIRST_BIT | (ulong)(long)(a - FIRST_BIT)

	return 18446744073709551615ul

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