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Re: Re: Re: Re: Factorial algorithm execution time

by Anonymous Monk
on Oct 27, 2002 at 16:15 UTC ( [id://208353]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: Re: Factorial algorithm execution time
in thread Factorial algorithm execution time

I didn't say it was preferable. I tried to explain how you can derive one of these approximations.

As for robustness, all of the solutions presented in this discussion use big integer arithmetic. Until you run out of memory, they are precise to the last digit.

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