On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 17:05 +0100, Lester Caine wrote:
> BIGINT is a cleanly defined concept and something we have had to cope
> with for some time since PHP does not support 64 bit integers cleanly.
> Now that 64 bit builds support a clean 64 bit integer, the problem
> arises that 32 bit builds will handle this in the old way.
Arbitrary-precision arithmetic
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In computer science, arbitrary-precision arithmetic, also called
bignum arithmetic, multiple precision arithmetic, or sometimes
infinite-precision arithmetic, indicates that calculations are
performed on numbers whose digits of precision are limited only
by the available memory of the host system. This contrasts with
the faster fixed-precision arithmetic found in most arithmetic
logic unit (ALU) hardware, which typically offers between 8 and
64 bits of precision
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But that's bikesheding, if we like we can call it also
yellow-blue-striped birds with red dots. Please discuss the contents not
the painting. Thanks.
johannes
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