Long Math Operation result is 0, In Python isn't

[mcabbott]

@Jogrefer

234^23423

The problem is that integers overflow, and thus:

julia> 234^23423
0

julia> 235^23423
-5572363361863899709

Maybe someone knows a better FAQ link, this is one thread about it:

Why is 2^63 negative?

Hi Making my first steps into julia, coming from R and python. Following the getting started guide, I noticed the following: 2^62 # 4611686018427387904 2^63 # <--- This is negative? # -9223372036854775808 2^63 > 1 # false 2^64 # 0 # this is zero, but that makes sense if it is a 64 bit float I’d be interested to understand why? For reference, python and R below: 2^63 > 1 # true 2^63 > 1 # [1] TRUE