Average loop length: Difference between revisions

This is about the limit of what you can do with uBasic/4tH. Since it is an integer BASIC, it uses what has become known in the Forth community as "Brodie math". The last 14 bits of an 64-bit integer are used to represent the fraction, so basically it is a form of "fixed point math". This, of course, leads inevitably to rounding errors. After step 14 the number is too large to fit in a 64-bit integer - so at that point it simply breaks down. Performance is another issue.