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Re: What is $MaxNumber on a 64 bit Computer?

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  • Subject: [mg80957] Re: What is $MaxNumber on a 64 bit Computer?
  • From: Titus Cincinnatus <titus_cincinnatus at yahoo.com>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:29:30 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <fbj22k$n53$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 07:39:00 +0000 (UTC), "Ted Ersek"
<ted.ersek at tqci.net> wrote:

>
>On my 32 bit PC $MaxNumber = 1.440397193981*^323228010
>I wanted to know if any version has a larger $MaxNumber, and I suppose 
>if any computer does it would be a 64 bit machine.
>
>Thanks,
>
>       Ted Ersek
>

Hmmmm...

I get $MaxNumber - 1.920224672692357*10^646456887


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