Re: Breaking down a large hex number.
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Jul 13, 2000
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On 13 Jul 2000, at 22:40, Robert Craig wrote: > RedWordSmith writes: > > blue = #1111222233333344444455677777789ABBBBBBCDEFF11 > > --Euphoria informs me this is about 1e+053 > > Be careful. atoms are only accurate to about > 15 or 16 decimal digits, and something fewer in hex digits. > Numbers as big as the one above, can't be > stored reliably as atoms, without losing a lot of > low-order hex digits. Can you say string math? Kat
