BEGIN {

	x = 5^4^3^2

	print "# of digits =", length(x)

	print substr(x, 1, 20), "...", substr(x, length(x) - 19, 20)

	PREC = 1 + 3.321928095 * length(x);	# 1 + digits * log2(10)

	print "floating-point computation with precision =", PREC

	y = 5.0^4.0^3.0^2.0

	print "# of digits =", length(y)

	print substr(y, 1, 20), "...", substr(y, length(y) - 19, 20)

}