Re: [fpc-pascal] representation of a number

2007-04-01 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On 4/1/07, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Keep in mind that the extended type has limited precision. It can contain > > large values, but does so by only "remembering" the upper +/- 18 digits, > > sign and exponent. > > > > OK, i will work on that You could search for the

Re: [fpc-pascal] representation of a number

2007-04-01 Thread Daniel Franzini
On 4/1/07, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Keep in mind that the extended type has limited precision. It can contain large values, but does so by only "remembering" the upper +/- 18 digits, sign and exponent. OK, i will work on that If it is a content, I think they want you t

Re: [fpc-pascal] representation of a number

2007-04-01 Thread Marco van de Voort
> I'm having some fun solving some programming problems in SPOJ > (www.spoj.pl, very very cool, check it out). The thing is that is need > to calculate some big fatorials (~100!). With FPC and the standard > integer types I was unable to perform the correct calculations because > 100! is bigger tha