[perl #31980] Factorial example gives incorrect result

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Bernhard Schmalhofer via RT

Date:

September 8, 2005 13:43

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[perl #31980] Factorial example gives incorrect result

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rt-3.0.11-31980-120476.15.2959195072931@perl.org

> [james@ghofulpo.com - Di 19. Okt 2004, 19:49:44]:

> Is it the intended operation of the 'factorial' program on the Parrot
> examples page to
> truncate the results?  Looks like a bug to me...

I have checked the factorial example on
http://www.parrotcode.org/examples/pasm.html.

Starting with 13! incorrect results are indeed returned on my 32bit
Linux machine.
Should there a promotion to BigInt be taking place? on an overflow
indication?

-- 
/* Bernhard.Schmalhofer@gmx.de */

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