at some point I'm going to have to remember 9,007,199,254,740,992 alongside 4,294,967,296 as one of the Inexplicable Magic Computer Numbers
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(9,007,199,254,740,992 is the first integer above which the values representable by a double-precision floating-point number are > 1 apart)
@vogon JS sets the constant Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER to 9,007,199,254,740,991 for your convenience
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@qntm@vogon at least according to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/MAX_SAFE_INTEGER … the constant is not present in IE. *YEY WEB DEVELOPMENT* -
@martineno@qntm@vogon 2^53-1 works in a pinch - 3 more replies
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