Re[2]: Really big numbers

[D.BALE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Kewl.  So what does one do with a 50000-digit number on a business system?

BTW, I tried your REXX procedure.  First tried it passing 10, then 50, then
100.  Finally got chewed out when I tried 800 ("you're doing what?!?!?") -
eats up CPU very efficiently!

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
Dan,

Really big.  The Java spec says 2,147,483,647 digits.  It doesn't get that big
 on my
NT system, dies at about 25,000.  I have tested up to about 50,000 on the 400
 -- no
problems.

David Morris

>>> D.BALE@handleman.com 01/05/01 10:34AM >>>

...What about the Java BigDecimal?  How big is it, really?

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
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