Bit subscriptions, RAM columnwise layouts

[Saaa]

I agree!

>> I like it.  a.bits[1..5] = 0 looks a hell of a lot better than a &= ~(((1 
>> <<
>> 4) - 1) << 1)
>
> I like it too, and I think it would be an extremely welcome addition
> to a systems-level programming language.
>
> It also makes me remember the old bit[], which I always thought should
> have be castable to and from numeric types.  Oh, bit.