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silentmatt

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    Comment #3147589

    It's actually base 10^7 :) The reason for that is that at the lowest level, the result of any operation on a single digit needs to fit in a JavaScript Number. Since you sometimes h…

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    Comment #3147548

    It's hard to say exactly how much more memory it takes, but yes, there is quite a bit of overhead, especially for small numbers. But that's the trade-off you have to make in order …