I get your point Ken but is power really increasing at such a rate? On Friday, 11 September 2015, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote:
> And what would those numbers have looked like 2 years ago? 4 years ago? 10 > years ago? > > > > Assuming computing power doubles every 18-24 months, then that 5444 years > will become a lot less, relatively quickly. > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com');> [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com');>] *On > Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Friday, 11 September 2015 10:15 AM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com');>> > *Subject:* Re: Odd text encoding > > > > but because they were concerned about the possibility of running out of > bigint values. (Clearly it’s a pity more maths isn’t taught at schools). > > > > My PC can do a for int loop up to 2^30 in about 20 seconds. To get to 2^63 > non-stop it will take 5444 years -- *GK* >
