Sure. BigInteger.doubleValue() casts to infinity if the value is too large to be represented:
user> (double (fact 1000)) Infinity You could try this using BigDecimals instead of doubles: user> (+ 0.5M (fact 1000)) -Per On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Miki <miki.teb...@gmail.com> wrote: > If the following intentional? > > user=> (defn fact [n] (reduce * 1 (range 1 (inc n)))) > #'user/fact > user=> (fact 1000) > 402387260077093773543702433923003985719374864210714632543799910....... > user=> (+ 0.5 (fact 1000)) > Infinity > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
