Re: Handling a 450,000x450,000 array with Perl


francescomoi@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi.

I'd like to create a program to handle data (natural numbers)
within a 450,000 x 450,000 array. I'm considering Perl, but
I don't know is it's powerful enough to manage it.

Perl is, but you'll find few computers that could store 202 billion
"natural numbers".
Remember, a PC has a RAM of around 2 billion bytes, give or take a few.
You could hold a maximum of 16 billion natural numbers as long as they
are 0 or 1. But, 16 billion is still not 202 billion.

In any case, this will be a system where native integers have 64 bits.

.

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