Re: LONG, LONG math - aka 64bit math....

yeah, for REALLY big numbers (like in some public key lengths)
even 2048 bits are not enough...
But you can always add 2048 bits at a time,
much as we humans add numbers by adding
them one digit at a time.
(Nearly) unlimited precision is easy.
I seem to recall that REXX does not have
a limitation on the size of numbers.

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@plutabrothers.com>
To: <MI400@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:44 AM
Subject: RE: LONG, LONG math - aka 64bit math....


> Yes, but what do they do for BIG numbers?  <grin>
>
> Happy Independence Day, to all the US list attendees!
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leif Svalgaard
> >
> > the machine has always had 2048-bit ADD/SUB instructions
> > (ADDLC/SUBLC).
>
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