Re: Usage of 8-byte integers (Was Re: Usage of complex numbers?)

From: Gerry Thomas (gfthomas_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:05:01 -0500

"mensanator" <mensanator@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "Gerry Thomas" <gfthomas@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> > "mensanator" <mensanator@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > >
> > > How would you even solve this problem in Fortran
> > > when you're limited to 8-byte integers? Do you think
> > > I care that Fortran is faster at a problem it can't
> > > solve?
> > >
> >
> > If X and Y are positive integers then A ultimately diverges no matter
what
> > programming language or precision you care to use.
>
> I'm not sure what your point is. The functions involved are exponential,
> so there probably is a point at which even the "infinite" precision
> number packages bog down.

That's it, you got it.

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