# Multiplication issue

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplication-issue/98986>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [May 17, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplication-issue/98986 "2023-05-17T08:31:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplication-issue/98986/2 "2023-05-17T08:34:03Z")

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I think it’s the third time in a week that I’m wheeling out this classic thread:

> [@Discussion about integer overflow](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-about-integer-overflow/69627):
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> Yes, it is a limitation but I would not call it big since we could use BigInt if Int64 is not enough and an overflow is something we can catch. I find more worrying this: \> julia\> 1 / 10^20000 \> Inf I’d rather have an overflow here than Inf, or at least an Infinitesimal value… Maybe something we could ask for future versions of Julia.

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