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Developer Utilities Package
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Developer
Package Symbol
MachineIntegerQ
$MaxMachineNumber
$MachinePrecision
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Developer Utilities Package
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$MaxMachineInteger
$MaxMachineInteger
gives the maximum integer that is represented internally as a single atomic data element on your computer system.
MORE INFORMATION
To use
$MaxMachineInteger
, you first need to load the
Developer Utilities Package
using
Needs
["Developer`"]
.
$MaxMachineInteger
is typically
on a computer system that is referred to as an
n
-bit system.
Arithmetic operations involving integers smaller than
$MaxMachineInteger
are typically faster than those involving larger integers.
SEE ALSO
MachineIntegerQ
$MaxMachineNumber
$MachinePrecision
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Developer Utilities Package
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