On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Jordan B. Baker wrote:
The other thing is that I doubt it handles double long integers since AFAIK Python doesn't handle these without an extension module.
It sure does: Python 1.5.2b1 (#2, Jan 18 1999, 11:01:20) [GCC 2.7.2.1] on freebsd3 Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
long("99999999999999999") 99999999999999999L 9999999999999L ** 2 99999999999980000000000001L
Spiffy, eh? I'm pretty sure it's arbritrary-precision, which means you can make numbers as large as you have memory for. Or is this not what you mean? Mike. -- --- | Mike Pelletier Work: 519-746-1607 /opeware! | Software Developer Home: 519-725-7710 --- | mike@zopeware.com Fax: 519-746-7566 http://www.zopeware.com | Zopeware is not endorsed by Digital Creations