Hey everyone, I am trying to figure out what is the largest integer I can. Lets say for 400 megabytes of memory at my disposal.
I have tried a few things c = 2**1000000 d = 2**2000000 print c**d Obviously I didn't have enough memory for that, but I was able to c**3. (I think anyways, it is still trying to display the result) So I am just wondering how long an integer can be with 400 megabytes of memory. I guess this is a question of logic? each integer takes up a byte right? If I have 400 megabytes that would mean I could have a long integer with up to 419,430,400,000 integers? Really I am not sure on this one and that is why I am asking. Because it is just bugging me I am not sure how it works... I know this probably seems trivial and just a stupid question, but I find this type of stuff interesting... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
