Highest numbers?

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ImaginaryHuman

(Posted 2005) [#1]

How much memory can BlitzMax theoretically address? Does it stop at 32-bit addresses?

Also, how many `unique` numbers can be represented by 32-bit and 64-bit floating point numbers?

ImaginaryHuman

(Posted 2005) [#2]

Hm, I guess this answers my second question:

http://stevehollasch.com/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html

FlameDuck

(Posted 2005) [#3]

How much memory can BlitzMax theoretically address? Does it stop at 32-bit addresses?

For Intel processors - 4GB. For Intel Processors on Windows - roughly 3.2GB. Usually much less.

Also, how many `unique` numbers can be represented by 32-bit and 64-bit floating point numbers?

None.