Thanks. So is that the source of David's error, that 2^44 should be integer but it is in fact float?
Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Randall > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:32 PM > To: Programming forum > Subject: RE: [Jprogramming] 64bit integers vs 32bit integers > > Henry Rich wrote: > > Wait a minute, that's all wrong. Never mind. What is > > the type of 2^44 on a 64-bit system? > > > (": ,' ', datatype) 2^44 > 1.75922e13 floating > (": ,' ', datatype) 2x^44 > 17592186044416 extended > > > John > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
