Bug with Integers

[Helge Gabert]

As pointed out above, you can't expect a long integer modulo 143 to return the correct result in Home, or in a Home program, because long integers aren't supported in Home.

Besides the manual entry in CAS, a CAS program works just fine, e.g.,

#cas
TEST(k,l):=
k^l MOD 143;
END;
#end

At first, coming from the 48/49/50 environment, I didn't like the CAS/Home dichotomy either, but I have now learned to appreciate it. For sheer number crunching, Home is ideal since CAS doesn't get in the way, and for everything else, I use the built-in command power of CAS, which makes most day-to-day math tasks a cinch!