$ perl -e 'print sprintf("%b",2**53-1),"\n"' 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 $ perl -e 'print sprintf("%b",2**54-1),"\n"' 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 $ perl -e 'print sprintf("%b",2**(53-1)),"\n"' 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000