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I have a hex string. Each charcter in a hex string represents 4 bits, thus my string length is 26 charcters. The number of bits was just to show that it could not be stored in a regular perl scalar.
As for Math::BigInt being in the default install, honestly I didn't know that. I've never been able to find a list of what's included by default and from which version on. If I were to use Math::BigInt, how would I load the value in, as the documentation of the module does not describe loading hexidecimal values, just decimal values. Finally, as to the point of Math::BigInt living on Cpan, well that only works if you have access to the internet. This script is being put on number of machines that will be used in demo at a tradeshow, as a tool to use, in case of a problem with the application we are demoing. As such, I am not able to install it myself, but I'm sending the file to someone else, in marketing. For that reason I must make it as simple as possible, as people in marketing are not what I'd consider "power users." Since I will not be able to see the machines till they are at the tradeshow, and we will not have internet at the tradeshow, this makes cpan preaty much useless.
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by abitkin
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