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Comment by esailija

11 years ago

53 bits that cannot overflow (it only becomes less accurate) is not enough but 64 bits are, even with the risk of overflow?

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colanderman  11 years ago

Who said anything about 64 bits?

  • esailija  11 years ago

    The complaint was that JavaScript doesn't have 64-bit integers but only 53.

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