In the last episode (Mar 04), Wayne Sierke said:
> On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 02:48, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> > > I'm using the printf function in awk but something ain't right:
> > >
> > > # jot 4 30 | awk '{ printf("%u\n", 2^$1-1) }'
> > > 2147483648
>
On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 02:48, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 18:34, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > > In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> > > > It seems I've run into the 32-bit signed number wall in awk
> > > > (5.2-RELEASE).
> >
In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 18:34, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> > > It seems I've run into the 32-bit signed number wall in awk
> > > (5.2-RELEASE).
> > >
> > > My totals are maxing out at 2147483648.
> > >
>
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 18:34, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> > It seems I've run into the 32-bit signed number wall in awk
> > (5.2-RELEASE).
> >
> > My totals are maxing out at 2147483648.
> >
> > Would anyone happen to know whether that's really the case (
In the last episode (Mar 03), Wayne Sierke said:
> It seems I've run into the 32-bit signed number wall in awk
> (5.2-RELEASE).
>
> My totals are maxing out at 2147483648.
>
> Would anyone happen to know whether that's really the case (that awk is
> only implemented with 32-bit number capability
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 02:25:27PM +1030, Wayne Sierke wrote:
> It seems I've run into the 32-bit signed number wall in awk
> (5.2-RELEASE).
>
> My totals are maxing out at 2147483648.
>
> Would anyone happen to know whether that's really the case (that awk is
> only implemented with 32-bit numbe
