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Re: [bug-gawk] GAWK 4.1 arbitrary precision integers and E notation


From: arnold
Subject: Re: [bug-gawk] GAWK 4.1 arbitrary precision integers and E notation
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 03:08:22 -0600
User-agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08

Hi.

Hermann Peifer <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Arnold,
>
> Thanks for your time and explanations with which I do agree.
>
> The only statement I do not agree is this one:
>  >    # 10^30 is 1e31, no?
>
> See below. Hermann
>
> $ gawk 'BEGIN{ print 10^1, 1e1}'
> 10 10

Yeah, my math has deteriorated to a level that is beyond excuse. :-(

Thanks,

Arnold



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