Why is this happening to me?? I multiply the same numbers in python and chrome's JS console but it seems as if JS has forgotten how to calculate.
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http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html – adeneo Jan 02 '14 at 11:02
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@ericbn then why is this happening?? – Shaurya Gupta Jan 02 '14 at 11:04
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2Overflow, my friend, overflow... Python is a bit smarter then JavaScript when it comes to big numbers. – freakish Jan 02 '14 at 11:06
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Python integer numbers are long ints.
JavaScript numbers are (double) floating points. The largest accurate JavaScript integer value is 2^53:
9007199254740992
Your number exceeds this value. If you need to handle integers accurately in JavaScript over the floating point threshold you need to some big number library.
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@wim: take it up with IEEE, they defined the behavior of floating-point types once precision is lost – Steve Jessop Jan 02 '14 at 12:50