Why can't I use an Int64 in a for loop?

Question

I can write for..do process for integer value.. But I can't write it for int64 value. For example:

var
  i:int64;
begin
  for i:=1 to 1000 do 
end; 

The compiler refuses to compile this, why does it refuse?

Answer 1

The Delphi compiler simply does not support Int64 loop counters yet.