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Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question

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Julio Di Egidio:

> On Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:29:24 UTC+1, Michael Haufe (TNO)  wrote:
>> On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 6:08:45 AM UTC-6, dr.j.r...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>>> TwoToPowerOf63	= Math.pow(2, 63)		// 2^63
>>
>> In modern JavaScript:
>>
>> let twoToPowerOf63 = 2**63;
> 
> "Modern" as in needing a transpiler?
> 
>>> And, does currently predominantly-used JavaScript natively have
>>> greater-precision types of numbers, such as 64-bit unsigned
>>> integers?  
>>
>> Yes:
>>
>> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt>
> 
> Look at the Compatibility table at the bottom.

These are outdated. Also see here: <https://caniuse.com/#search=bigint>



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Arithmetic Accuracy Question dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2020-02-27 04:08 -0800
  Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-02-27 06:02 -0800
  Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-02-27 06:29 -0800
    Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-02-27 06:39 -0800
      Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-02-27 07:49 -0800
        Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-02-27 08:00 -0800
          Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-02-27 08:20 -0800
      Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-02-27 22:54 +0100
        Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-02-28 09:24 +0100
          Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-02-28 06:48 -0800
        Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2020-02-28 08:32 +0000
      Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-02-28 09:20 +0100
        Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-02-28 11:06 +0100
    Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2020-03-26 12:04 -0700
      Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-03-26 13:17 -0700
  Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2020-03-26 11:24 -0700

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