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Re: bigger integers
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Phillip Lord |
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Re: bigger integers |
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03 Sep 2004 11:20:04 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Corneli <jcorneli@math.utexas.edu> writes:
Joe> This fails on big numbers like 12.
Joe> (defun factorial (num)
Joe> (if (<= num 0)
Joe> 1
Joe> (* num (factorial (1- num)))))
Joe> Suggestions on how to make it work for bigger numbers?
I think calc can cope with arbitrary precision.
http://www.synaptics.com/people/daveg/
Cheers
Phil
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