Is there a size limit for Erlang integers?

Question

I know that Erlang has arbitrary size integers, but is there a max limit on one of the standard implementations? If so, what?

Answer 1

Erlang uses bignum arithmetic, and Integers in Erlang are limited by available memory on the machine. Virtually, there is no limit on how large an Integer can be in Erlang. Take a look on this document: http://erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.html It has more detailed explanations regarding limits.