it probably boils down to ``nothing in the system needs it that much (yet)'',
and there were plenty of other worthwhile things to do (such as storing the hits of the 60s),
but since offsets are now 64 bits, it's probable that something will be done about it.
the long long support was originally light, but has changed over the past year or so.

>>Strange, it's about the same as supporting "long" on the PDP-11.

it took a little while for that to be done fully, too.