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Comment by asdf3243245q

4 years ago

Computers also go arbitrarily large. Not infinite, but arbitrarily large.

A real number type could be bounded by the amount of RAM you have.

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alisonkisk  4 years ago

You can use disk storage too. And network storage.

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