Re: BIG Numbers (Richard 23)
Re: BIG Numbers (Richard 23)
- Subject: Re: BIG Numbers (Richard 23)
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:27:21 -0800
At 14:09 -0500 11/13/00, Cem Karan wrote:
>
The limit for integers is (2^32) - 1.
AppleScript doesn't use all of the available 32 bits for holding an
integer. It uses a few bits for "other stuff". Hence the smaller
+536870911 ... -536870911 given by Chris Nebel.
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA