From: Colin Whittaker (grimnar at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Thu 28 Oct 1999 - 15:29:34 IST
John P . Looney stated the following on Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 03:23:18PM +0100 :
> On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 02:57:18PM +0100, Colin Whittaker mentioned:
> > for c:
> >
> > int factorial( int x )
> > {
> > return ( x == 1 ): 1 ? (factorial( x - 1 ) * x);
> > }
>
> Now, feed it 5500, and see what answer it gives. Scheme gives a
> number of approximately 4x10^4090 - try it and see! C barfs at anything
> bigger than 4x10^9!
so we use libbignum or equivelent, all that chages is how we do the multiply
and the type.
-- "Oh my god, bobb's a GIRL!" -- 18/10/1999 -- Orly on gender and the colour mauve.
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