Could you post your input please? I gave p after waiting another 30 minutes. :/ I am also curious about the 6!:2 function. I might input something, and it takes maybe 1 second between my pressing enter and the result being displayed, but if I time it with 6!:2, it tells me it only took 0.0005394 seconds (or a similar number). What's the reason for this indiscrepancy? ___________________________
David Vaughan On 6 Jul 2011, at 16:45, Ben Gorte - LR <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, bc on my old linux laptop computed it in the last 5 minutes. > 2357207 digits indeed (should I post them?) > > Ben > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:programming- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Vaughan >> Sent: woensdag 6 juli 2011 17:33 >> To: Programming forum >> Subject: [Jprogramming] Large numbers >> >> Hi, what's the largest number J can compute? >> I'm looking to compute 28433 * 2^7830457 + 1, which has 2357207 digits. I >> started calculating it, but it's taking a very long time (obviously), an I'm >> wondering how long it's likely to take, and whether it's even possible. >> >> Thanks. >> ___________________________ >> >> David Vaughan >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
