and larger integers may not be numerically correct:
@example
-$ seq 18446744073709551616 1 18446744073709551618
-18446744073709551616
-18446744073709551616
-18446744073709551618
+$ seq 50000000000000000000 2 50000000000000000004
+50000000000000000000
+50000000000000000000
+50000000000000000004
@end example
+However, note that when limited to non-negative whole numbers,
+an increment of 1 and no format-specifying option, seq can print
+arbitrarily large numbers.
+
Be careful when using @command{seq} with outlandish values: otherwise
you may see surprising results, as @command{seq} uses floating point
internally. For example, on the x86 platform, where the internal