POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : 6,000,000,000 : Re: 6,000,000,000 Server Time
7 Aug 2024 21:22:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 6,000,000,000  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 1 Jun 2001 16:18:02
Message: <3B17F8B1.3F27EDCE@gmx.de>
Bill DeWitt wrote:
> 
>     So... I am guessing that this is too big a number for POV to handle? I
> know there is a limit but I forget what it is.

No, that's not the concept of floating point numbers, the absolute maximum
is 1.7 x 10^308 (for double), probably much more than you will ever need,

some cases, numbers like 6000000000 can already lead to precision
problems.  

Christoph

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