Sorry I misread your post. I thought you had done it in J. ___________________________
David Vaughan On 6 Jul 2011, at 17:23, Ben Gorte - LR <[email protected]> wrote: > The input for bc ? > $ time echo 28433 * 2^7830457 + 1 | bc > result > > real 5m0.550s > user 5m0.231s > sys 0m0.140s > > hth > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:programming- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Vaughan >> Sent: woensdag 6 juli 2011 18:04 >> To: Programming forum >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Large numbers >> >> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
