2011-09-17, 13:39(+00), Stephane CHAZELAS: > 2011-09-17, 13:06(+00), Stephane CHAZELAS: >> 2011-09-16, 17:17(-07), William Park: >>> 145557834293068928043467566190278008218249525830565939618481 >>> is awfully big number! :-) >> >> 3**2**62 is 3**(2**62), 3**4611686018427387904, not a number you >> can represent with 64bits, nor any reasonable number of bits, >> not (3**2)**62. > [...] > > Sorry, my bad, > > 3**2**62 is indeed (3**2)**62 in bash and in zsh contrary to > most other places (ksh93, bc, python, gawk, perl, ruby...).
Sorry again, I was right in the first place, 3**2**62 is 3**(2**62) in bash and zsh like in other shells. I think I need more sleep... -- Stephane