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From: donh@syd.csa.com.au (Don Harrison)
Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better!
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Eric Clayberg writes:

:Actually, Smalltalk transparently switches to using "large" integers
:that have no limits on size. In fact, it's actually fun to run large
:factorials in Smalltalk to see how large an integer it will generate.
:VisualSmalltalk will calculate the result of "1000 factorial" in a
:second or two and display the results. BTW, the result of that
:expression is: :-)

[some gi-normous number]

That's impressive. Might hang onto it in case it comes in handy one day. :)


Don.
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