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Subject: Re: Arithmetic Accuracy Question
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:20:18 +0100
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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These are outdated.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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