Hi guys...
I'm pretty new to C++. I'm working with Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows XP, doing mainly console apps at the moment.
My question deals with how C++ handles large numbers--like > 5,000,000,000. As I understand it, the biggest number that an int variable can handle is 2,147,483,647, and the biggest than an unsigned int can handle is 4,294,967,295. That ok for most programs... but I can't imagine that no C++ application is able to handle bigger numbers!
Any solutions are welcome--either accepted methods or rough hacks. Is there maybe a header file that I can include that will give me additional data types? Like I said I'm pretty new to this (although I'm familiar with many web-based languages, like JavaScript, PHP, and ASP, so I know the principles of OOP programming). Any help you can provide is extremely welcome... but please treat me like the dumbest programmer you've ever met! All the details are important to me. Thanks!