Answer exact results past the range of a double, such as 2^1200 (closes #16)
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`2^1200` was refused although the calculator computed it exactly: writing a result went through a float64 and refused anything outside a double's range. An exact result under the 4096-bit limit is now written from its exact value, rounded to 17 significant digits past that range, and a fractional power of such a number is computed by first bringing its base into range with square roots taken from the exact value. Results computed in float64 must still be normal doubles; past the 4096-bit limit is still refused.

Disclosures: `1e-310` is answered again, reversing a call made in PR 11; a fractional power carries `math.Pow`'s rounding, which for a large base can reach the last digits shown.

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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func TestReply(t *testing.T) {
"5 * 5/2": "12.5",
"2^10": "1024",
"7 % 3": "1",
"2^1200": "1.7218479456385751e+361",
} {
if got := bot.Reply(in); got != want {
t.Errorf("Reply(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func TestReply(t *testing.T) {
for in, want := range map[string]string{
"hello": "I only understand arithmetic",
"1 / 0": "I cannot divide by zero.",
"1e400": "That needs a number too large or too small for me.",
"1e1300": "That needs a number too large or too small for me.",
"1e-1300": "That needs a number too large or too small for me.",
"(-8)^0.5": "A negative number to a fractional power has no real",
strings.Repeat("1+", calc.MaxInputLength) + "1": "That is too long for me",