Re: "Large" negative numbers

From: Bob Silverman (pubkeybreaker_at_aol.comstuff)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: 31 Dec 2004 01:08:26 GMT

It is "not quite" a matter of viewpoint.

In complexity theory, the size of a number
is independent of its sign. Its size is
the number of bits needed to represent
it. Thus, a 100 bit integer is the same
size as (say) a floating point number between 1 and 2 with 100 bits of
precision.

"You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think."

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