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best language for very large numbers
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: May 27, 2009 at 09:58:45 Pacific OS: 2K SP4 CPU/Ram: AMD Ath 64X2 2GB Product: Clone / X Subcategory: General
Comment:
Any advice?
TIA
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Name: cyoung311 Date: May 27, 2009 at 10:02:30 Pacific
Reply:
How large do you need? What data type do you wish to use to represent the value? You're kind of asking "How long is a piece of string?".
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: May 27, 2009 at 10:18:25 Pacific
Reply:
(2^43112609)-1
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M2
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Response Number 3
Name: cyoung311 Date: May 27, 2009 at 13:46:55 Pacific
Reply:
Pick a language and look in it's reference manual to find this out. You also might take into account whether the machine is 16, 32, 64, 128 or more bits.
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