9223372036854736345 <. _
9.22337e18

result is a double.  <. double is the closest integer it can find.

this seems like a problem though:


    9223372036854736345x <. _
9.22337e18



----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Rich <[email protected]>
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 9:05 PM
Subject: [Jprogramming] When a <. _ is less than a

I'm stepping up to the world of 64-bit integers, and stepping into cowflops.

This took me quite a while:

     <. 9223372036854736345 <. _

9223372036854735872


See that?  Take the minimum of (number) and (infinity), and the result 
is less than (number)!

Yes, I understand why it happens.  Now I do.  Be warned.

Henry Rich
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