On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Ian Gorse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could someone please explain to me what the difference between these two are?
>
>   5^100x
> 7888609052210118054117285652827862296732064351090230047702789306640625

This is exact.

>   x:5^100
> 7888609052210119712064517283480620240950194258216478103781304990433280

This is an exact representation of an approximate result (5^100
represented using
IEEE 64 bit floating point).

-- 
Raul
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