[R] Precision of values > 53 bits

[Jeff Newmiller]

What an impressively zombified thread. Though wondering how 53 bits were supposed to fit into 32 might just warrant revivification.
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On July 20, 2017 5:33:34 AM PDT, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 10 Jan 2013, at 15:56 , S Ellison <S.Ellison at lgcgroup.com> wrote:
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>>> I am working with large numbers and identified that R looses 
>>> precision for such high numbers.
>> Yes. R uses standard 32-bit double precision.
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>Well, for large values of 32... such as 64.