Frankly, I would say that before you do anything else you should use that “C compiler that has no problems with 64-bit ints” to compile a version of Perl. In other words, sidestep completely the issue of providing a 64-bit quantity to a Perl that can’t handle it. You will gain absolutely nothing by solving that curious technical problem ... In whatever form of XS-magic that you ultimately do, require a 64-bit Perl and ignore the rest. These days you can run 64-bit ints just as easily as you can run 32-bit; therefore, do so.
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