Srew it. Go with 1024 bit unsigned int! Abraham
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 18:04, Andrew Badera <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:59 PM, John Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Jul 31, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Josh Roesslein wrote: >> >> Well 64 bit should last for a while. Curious how long it will be until >>> 128 bit will be required. >>> >> >> >> >> Mathematica tells me: >> "Fri 24 Sep 58821 22:55:00" >> >> I think you'll be fine for a long time at 64 bit. >> >> -john >> >> --- >> John Adams >> Twitter Operations >> [email protected] >> http://twitter.com/netik >> >> >> >> >> but why not go with 128 bit decimal/floating point precision datatypes to > begin with, and never have this issue? if anyone says "overhead" I'm gonna > whack 'em like a popup weasel. in this day and age of CPU cycles and RAM, > you might as well go big or go home. > > --ab > > > -- Abraham Williams | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Project | http://fireeagle.labs.poseurtech.com This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
