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) }