Re: Mini-Questions

2002-12-03 Thread Allison Randal
Mike wrote: > > > - Do Perl programs use a standard-sized platform-indepedent arithmetic > > by default, or do they relly on the native size? > > Unknown (open issue). > > We need to hear from the design team on that last point -- whether Perl > will assure that C is always 32 bit, for example,

Re: Mini-Questions

2002-11-28 Thread Michael Lazzaro
Angel Faus wrote: > > A few questions, about stuff I am not sure I got right. Sorry if this > has already been resolved. > > - What is the default behaviour (without using any pragma) of 1/0? > NaN or exception? Unknown (open issue). :-( > - Are these correct? What will they do? > > my In

Mini-Questions

2002-11-27 Thread Angel Faus
A few questions, about stuff I am not sure I got right. Sorry if this has already been resolved. - What is the default behaviour (without using any pragma) of 1/0? NaN or exception? - Are these correct? What will they do? my Int $i is bigint = 777_666_555_444_333_222_111; print $i; my