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From: Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ada.Numerics.Big_Numbers.Big_Integer has a limit of 300 digits?
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:25:26 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fe7f9aa2-5096-497f-a843-d14ab18a6723n@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <afc2e263-66d3-4047-aecd-22932484a9a6n@googlegroups.com>

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:57:10 AM UTC+1, Michael Ferguson wrote:
> I just started using the Big_Integer library that is a part of the 202X version of ADA. 
> 
> It is repeatedly described as an "arbitrary precision library" that has user defined implementation. 
> 
> I was under the impression that this library would be able to infinitely calculate numbers of any length, but there is clearly a default limit of 300 digits. 
> 
How did you determine the limit of 300 digits? I see nothing in your example, that would imply such a limit. Are you sure that you are not reaching a line length limit in Text_IO or maybe a limit in the Image attribute?

Regards,
Mark L

  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-22  8:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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 [this message]
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
2021-12-23 15:48 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2021-12-24  9:09   ` AdaMagica
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