From: Colin Whittaker (grimnar at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Thu 28 Oct 1999 - 14:57:22 IST
John P . Looney stated the following on Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 02:46:22PM +0100 :
> Check this out.
>
> Into umb-scheme, type:
>
> (define (factorial number)(if (= number 0) 1 (* number (factorial (- number 1)))))
>
> then:
>
> (factorial 5500)
>
> How easy would it be to write a tcl, C or C++ function to get the
> factorial of 5500 ? Scheme rocks!
for c:
int factorial( int x )
{
return ( x == 1 ): 1 ? (factorial( x - 1 ) * x);
}
-- "Oh my god, bobb's a GIRL!" -- 18/10/1999 -- Orly on gender and the colour mauve.
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