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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
