On Jul 27, 1:27 pm, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Dailey wrote: > > Is there build-in or third party support for large integer types, such > > as 96 or 128 bits in size? I require such large sizes for precision > > issues (nanoseconds). Thanks. > >>> SECOND = 10**9 > >>> YEAR = 365*24*60*60 > >>> 2**128/SECOND/YEAR > > 10790283070806014188970L > > What are you measuring? The age of the universe? In nanoseconds? > > :-)
Well, 2**96 would only be 2512308552583 years. > > Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
