// bit representation 0b vs/:4 5 6 7h$100 // bit representation of byte(8), short(16), int(32), long(64) 0b sv/:0b vs/:4 5 6 7h$100 // sv is still the dual of vs 0b sv 64#0b // all zero boolean list is zero 0b sv 64?0b // random long value 0b sv 64#1b // largest long - an unusual result 0b sv (63#1b),0b // one bit less - still unexpected // sign of the long is determined by the first bit. 0b positive, 1b negative 0b sv 0b,63#1b // largest long? close 0b sv 0b,(62#1b),0b // one bit less gives us what we want 1+0b sv 0b,(62#1b),0b // can't describe larger 0b sv 1b,63#0b // null of type long, single left most bit 0b sv 1b,(62#0b),1b // negative infinity 0b sv 1b,(61#0b),10b // smallest long -1+0b sv 1b,(61#0b),10b // cant' describe smaller 1_(>':)0N -0W -9223372036854775806 -2 -1 0 1 2 9223372036854775806 0W // increasing longs any each 1_(>':)0b vs/:0N -0W -9223372036854775806 -2 -1 0 1 2 9223372036854775806 0W // non-increasing bits any each 1_(>':)0b vs/:0 1 2 9223372036854775806 0W 0N -0W -9223372036854775806 -2 -1 // increasing bitwise 0b vs/:0 1 2 9223372036854775806 0W 0N -0W -9223372036854775806 -2 -1 // this can be explained by -1+1, which wraps all bits back to false, as we are limited to 64 bits // 0b sv 128#0b // 'length // handles are integers, kdb+ displays underlying int value in errors 0b vs/:(0Ni;0Wi) // converting this to int outside kdb+ gives the int values below // 0N"2+2" // 'Cannot write to handle -2147483648. OS reports: Bad file descriptor // 0W"2+2" // 'Cannot write to handle 2147483647. OS reports: Bad file descriptor