On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Peter TB Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com> wrote:
> When numbers are too large to represent exactly, LiveCode automatically > shifts to using 64-bit IEEE floating point representation. Floating-point > numbers store a number in three pieces: > > 1) a sign bit > 2) an exponent (11 bits) > 3) a mantissa (52 bits) > Ah, thanks, I'd forgotten about the division between the mantissa and the exponent. So any calculation up to about 10^308 should be of the right order of magnitude, but beyond that all bets are off. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
