On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote:
> Because the binary equivalent of a 40 digit decimal number is NOT 40 bits. > It is many more bits. For example the binary equivalent of > 10000000000000000 (17 digits) is 101111101011110000100000000 (27 digits). > You are thinking of each decimal digit as a binary bit. It wasn't that I was thinking of 64 bit as meaning 64 (decimal) digits and wondering why the value wasn't exact, it was that I knew the value was (much) greater than 64 bit, and wondering why it was accurate at all. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
