Squeak deals well with large numbers.

try 1000 factorial for example

402387260077093773543702433923003985719374864210714632543799910429938512 
398629020592044208486969404800479988610197196058631666872994808558901323 
829669944590997424504087073759918823627727188732519779505950995276120874 
975462497043601418278094646496291056393887437886487337119181045825783647 
849977012476632889835955735432513185323958463075557409114262417474349347 
553428646576611667797396668820291207379143853719588249808126867838374559 
731746136085379534524221586593201928090878297308431392844403281231558611 
036976801357304216168747609675871348312025478589320767169132448426236131 
412508780208000261683151027341827977704784635868170164365024153691398281 
264810213092761244896359928705114964975419909342221566832572080821333186 
116811553615836546984046708975602900950537616475847728421889679646244945 
160765353408198901385442487984959953319101723355556602139450399736280750 
137837615307127761926849034352625200015888535147331611702103968175921510 
907788019393178114194545257223865541461062892187960223838971476088506276 
862967146674697562911234082439208160153780889893964518263243671616762179 
168909779911903754031274622289988005195444414282012187361745992642956581 
746628302955570299024324153181617210465832036786906117260158783520751516 
284225540265170483304226143974286933061690897968482590125458327168226458 
066526769958652682272807075781391858178889652208164348344825993266043367 
660176999612831860788386150279465955131156552036093988180612138558600301 
435694527224206344631797460594682573103790084024432438465657245014402821 
885252470935190620929023136493273497565513958720559654228749774011413346 
962715422845862377387538230483865688976461927383814900140767310446640259 
899490222221765904339901886018566526485061799702356193897017860040811889 
729918311021171229845901641921068884387121855646124960798722908519296819 
372388642614839657382291123125024186649353143970137428531926649875337218 
940694281434118520158014123344828015051399694290153483077644569099073152 
433278288269864602789864321139083506217095002597389863554277196742822248 
757586765752344220207573630569498825087968928162753848863396909959826280 
956121450994871701244516461260379029309120889086942028510640182154399457 
156805941872748998094254742173582401063677404595741785160829230135358081 
840096996372524230560855903700624271243416909004153690105933983835777939 
410970027753472000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

or
2000 factorial

331627509245063324117539338057632403828111720810578039457193543706038077 
905600822400273230859732592255402352941225834109258084817415293796131386 
633526343688905634058556163940605117252571870647856393544045405243957467 
037674108722970434684158343752431580877533645127487995436859247408032408 
946561507233250652797655757179671536718689359056112815871601717232657156 
110004214012420433842573712700175883547796899921283528996665853405579854 
903657366350133386550401172012152635488038268152152246920995206031564418 
565480675946497051552288205234899995726450814065536678969532101467622671 
332026831552205194494461618239275204026529722631502574752048296064750927 
394165856283531779574482876314596450373991327334177263608852490093506621 
610144459709412707821313732563831572302019949914958316470942774473870327 
985549674298608839376326824152478834387469595829257740574539837501585815 
468136294217949972399813599481016556563876034227312912250384709872909626 
622461971076605931550201895135583165357871492290916779049702247094611937 
607785165110684432255905648736266530377384650390788049524600712549402614 
566072254136302754913671583406097831074945282217490781347709693241556111 
339828051358600690594619965257310741177081519922564516778571458056602185 
654760952377463016679422488444485798349801548032620829890965857381751888 
619376692828279888453584639896594213952984465291092009103710046149449915 
828588050761867924946385180879874512891408019340074625920057098729578599 
643650655895612410231018690556060308783629110505601245908998383410799367 
902052076858669183477906558544700148692656924631933337612428097420067172 
846361939249698628468719993450393889367270487127172734561700354867477509 
102955523953547941107421913301356819541091941462766417542161587625262858 
089801222443890248677182054959415751991701271767571787495861619665931878 
855141835782092601482071777331735396034304969082070589958701381980813035 
590160762908388574561288217698136182483576739218303118414719133986892842 
344000779246691209766731651433494437473235636572048844478331854941693030 
124531676232745367879322847473824485092283139952509732505979127031047683 
601481191102229253372697693823670057565612400290576043852852902937606479 
533458179666123839605262549107186663869354766108455046198102084050635827 
676526589492393249519685954171672419329530683673495544004586359838161043 
059449826627530605423580755894108278880427825951089880635410567917950974 
017780688782869810219010900148352061688883720250310665922068601483649830 
532782088263536558043605686781284169217133047141176312175895777122637584 
753123517230990549829210134687304205898014418063875382664169897704237759 
406280877253702265426530580862379301422675821187143502918637636340300173 
251818262076039747369595202642632364145446851113427202150458383851010136 
941313034856221916631623892632765815355011276307825059969158824533457435 
437863683173730673296589355199694458236873508830278657700879749889992343 
555566240682834763784685183844973648873952475103224222110561201295829657 
191368108693825475764118886879346725191246192151144738836269591643672490 
071653428228152661247800463922544945170363723627940757784542091048305461 
656190622174286981602973324046520201992813854882681951007282869701070737 
500927666487502174775372742351508748246720274170031581122805896178122160 
747437947510950620938556674581252518376682157712807861499255876132352950 
422346387878954850885764466136290394127665978044202092281337987115900896 
264878942413210454925003566670632909441579372986743421470507213588932019 
580723064781498429522595589012754823971773325722910325760929790733299545 
056388362640474650245080809469116072632087494143973000704111418595530278 
827357654819182002449697761111346318195282761590964189790958117338627206 
088910432945244978535147014112442143055486089639578378347325323595763291 
438925288393986256273242862775563140463830389168421633113445636309571965 
978466338551492316196335675355138403425804162919837822266909521770153175 
338730284610841886554138329171951332117895728541662084823682817932512931 
237521541926970269703299477643823386483008871530373405666383868294088487 
730721762268849023084934661194260180272613802108005078215741006054848201 
347859578102770707780655512772540501674332396066253216415004808772403047 
611929032210154385353138685538486425570790795341176519571188683739880683 
895792743749683498142923292196309777090143936843655333359307820181312993 
455024206044563340578606962471961505603394899523321800434359967256623927 
196435402872055475012079854331970674797313126813523653744085662263206768 
837585132782896252333284341812977624697079543436003492343159239674763638 
912115285406657783646213911247447051255226342701239527018127045491648045 
932248108858674600952306793175967755581011679940005249806303763141344412 
269037034987355799916009259248075052485541568266281760815446308305406677 
412630124441864204108373119093130001154470560277773724378067188899770851 
056727276781247198832857695844217588895160467868204810010047816462358220 
838532488134270834079868486632162720208823308727819085378845469131556021 
728873121907393965209260229101477527080930865364979858554010577450279289 
814603688431821508637246216967872282169347370599286277112447690920902988 
320166830170273420259765671709863311216349502171264426827119650264054228 
231759630874475301847194095524263411498469508073390080000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

On 20 févr. 04, at 10:23, Dr Strange wrote:

> Much thanks for your reply!  Ok - so then Squeak code cannot be  
> converted to a .DLL -
>  I understand... hey any idea as to what the largest number of digit  
> numerals can be calculated in squeak? Can I say perform simple  
> operations on a numeral with 64 to eighty digits or is the limit 32?   
> (Including accurate decimal retention up to four places)?
> Cheers!
>
> goran.krampe at bluefish.se wrote:
> Dr Strange wrote:
> > hi, I'm new to squeak, have been recopmmended to check out your  
> lingo for a project I'm working on,
> > could you or someone comment / provide feedback on the below  
> outlined?
> > thanks!
> > ---------
>
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