Is it a valid statement that there are no special language accommodations need to be made when designing a programming language for a 8-bit processor that has access to 2KB of RAM?
Would people condemn the idea of wringing the last bit of functionality and efficiency from these micro-controllers?
Other the the effort to add it to the library, which I am sure is substantial, what would be the disadvantages of adding a 1-bit auto bit-packed variable and a 24 bit integer variable to the standard Arduino library?