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Re: bigger integers
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giacomo boffi |
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Re: bigger integers |
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Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:45:34 +0200 |
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Joe Corneli <jcorneli@math.utexas.edu> writes:
> This fails on big numbers like 12.
>
> (defun factorial (num)
> (if (<= num 0)
> 1
> (* num (factorial (1- num)))))
>
> Suggestions on how to make it work for bigger numbers?
from my *scratch*:
(defun factorial (num)
(if (<= num 0)
1
(* num (factorial (1- num)))))
factorial
(factorial 12)
479001600
ah, yes, (insert (emacs-version))
XEmacs 21.5 (beta17) "chayote" (+CVS-20040721) [Lucid] (i686-pc-linux)
of Thu Sep 16 2004 on boffi95
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- Re: bigger integers, Pascal Bourguignon, 2004/09/03
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