on a very slow function

[Steve D'Aprano]

On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 06:41 pm, Peter Otten wrote:

>>>> x = get_last()
> 
> I'd rather not show the actual number, but
> 
>>>> x.bit_length()
> 12534884


Which is approximately 3773408 decimal digits.

Using the American system of large numbers, that's approximately a
duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-
duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-
duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-
duotrigintillion-duotrigintillion-...-duotrigintillion or so, where the dots
represent thirty-eight thousand one hundred more duotrigintillions. 

A trifling number, much smaller than a googolplex.




-- 
Steve
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