Why aren't large numbers limited to 64 bit values?

Geoff Canyon gcanyon at gmail.com
Thu Dec 10 12:54:58 EST 2015


LiveCode works in 64 bit numbers, so why does

put 10000000000 * 1000000000000000000000000000000

result in

10000000000000000303786028427003666890752

which is close to the right answer, instead of some 18 digit value?



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