That's what I thought, developer defined limit.
Although in theory string math seems unlimited, it is not practical to design a system it that way. For instance, I use routines limited by loops using _integer64, and use integer math with that variable type to handle groups of numbers. For iterations, that limits my system to whatever 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 gets me in string results. Also, at some point, even with hybrid string-math-numeric model I created, there comes a point where the user is simply waiting too long for results. My goal is to produce up to 1,000 digits in under two minutes for any operation. It only takes a few seconds with straight arithmetic calculations, but complex powers and roots take longer.
Pete
Although in theory string math seems unlimited, it is not practical to design a system it that way. For instance, I use routines limited by loops using _integer64, and use integer math with that variable type to handle groups of numbers. For iterations, that limits my system to whatever 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 gets me in string results. Also, at some point, even with hybrid string-math-numeric model I created, there comes a point where the user is simply waiting too long for results. My goal is to produce up to 1,000 digits in under two minutes for any operation. It only takes a few seconds with straight arithmetic calculations, but complex powers and roots take longer.
Pete