From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Subject: Re: Ada.Numerics.Big_Numbers.Big_Integer has a limit of 300 digits?
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:39:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ee64wf01.fsf@nightsong.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 304dcae2-8b20-43ff-8769-32fa06d4dc10n@googlegroups.com
Michael Ferguson <michaelblakeferguson@gmail.com> writes:
> However, my code strictly breaks when the loop range is set to 683,
> which 683^683 = 8.12E1935.
>
> So, that is interesting that the Big_Integer type works numbers of
> just under 2000 digit length despite Bignum_Limit : constant := 200.
I wonder if the limit is 6400 bits (200 * 32 bit words) or something
related to that. 2**6400 is roughly 3.9e1926 if my math is right.
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2021-12-22 5:57 Ada.Numerics.Big_Numbers.Big_Integer has a limit of 300 digits? Michael Ferguson
2021-12-22 8:25 ` Mark Lorenzen
2021-12-22 11:14 ` AdaMagica
2021-12-22 11:32 ` AdaMagica
2021-12-22 16:04 ` AdaMagica
2021-12-22 17:37 ` Niklas Holsti
2021-12-22 20:34 ` Simon Wright
2021-12-22 17:01 ` Luke A. Guest
2021-12-22 17:27 ` Michael Ferguson
2021-12-22 17:43 ` Ben Bacarisse
2021-12-22 17:48 ` Niklas Holsti
2021-12-22 18:02 ` Michael Ferguson
2021-12-22 19:05 ` Niklas Holsti
2021-12-23 8:31 ` Luke A. Guest
2021-12-23 8:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-12-23 11:41 ` AdaMagica
2021-12-23 12:18 ` Niklas Holsti
2021-12-23 14:01 ` Ben Bacarisse
2021-12-22 19:26 ` Mark Lorenzen
2021-12-22 20:43 ` Niklas Holsti
2021-12-22 20:31 ` Paul Rubin
2021-12-22 20:39 ` Paul Rubin [this message]
2021-12-23 15:48 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2021-12-24 9:09 ` AdaMagica
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