Re: Some questions: built-in operators and exponent markers

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Oh, just in case you are interested in computing factorials of bigfloat,
you might enjoy this paper..
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/papers/factorial.pdf



On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 1:32=E2=80=AFPM Richard Fateman <[email protected]>=
 wrote:

> what do you mean
> "I lost the ability to call factorial()"
>
> What happens when you type factorial(5)?
>
>
>>>>>> ............

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Oh, just in case you are interes=
ted in computing factorials of bigfloat, you might enjoy this paper..</div>=
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-siz=
e:small"><a href=3D"https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/papers/factor=
ial.pdf">https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/papers/factorial.pdf</a>=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;fo=
nt-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:=
arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_q=
uote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, J=
ul 25, 2026 at 1:32=E2=80=AFPM Richard Fateman &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fatema=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(2=
04,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:ar=
ial,sans-serif;font-size:small">what do you mean</div><div style=3D"font-fa=
mily:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">&quot;<span style=3D"font-family:Ari=
al,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">I lost the ability to=
 call</span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;backgroun=
d-color:transparent">=C2=A0</span><font face=3D"monospace" style=3D"backgro=
und-color:transparent">factorial()&quot;</font></div><div style=3D"font-fam=
ily:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face=3D"monospace" style=3D"bac=
kground-color:transparent"><br></font></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial=
,sans-serif;font-size:small">What happens when you type factorial(5)?</div>=
<div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1e=
x"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:=
1ex"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-lef=
t:1ex"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(2=
04,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></d=
iv></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><d=
iv><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font=
-size:small">............</span></div><div>=C2=A0</div></div></div>

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