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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.