Comments for Offering Load http://offering-load.cozy.org Notes On Erlang Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Type Structure by bhyde http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=34&cpage=1#comment-5 bhyde Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:50:55 +0000 http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=34#comment-5 Tony - Thanks for the correction. - ben Tony – Thanks for the correction. – ben

]]> Comment on Type Structure by Tony Garnock-Jones http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=34&cpage=1#comment-4 Tony Garnock-Jones Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:15:33 +0000 http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=34#comment-4 Erlang has *only* bignums out of the box - or, more precisely, it doesn't expose the representation of integers to the programmer. It's like many lisps and schemes in this regard. It automatically transitions between compact small integers and variable-length bignums, under the covers. -module(t). -export([factorial/1]). factorial(1) -> 1; factorial(N) -> N * factorial(N - 1). Eshell V5.6.5 (abort with ^G) 1> c(t). {ok,t} 2> t:factorial(100). 93326215443944152681699238856266700490715968264381621468592963895217599993229915608941463976156518286253697920827223758251185210916864000000000000000000000000 3> Erlang has *only* bignums out of the box – or, more precisely, it doesn’t expose the representation of integers to the programmer. It’s like many lisps and schemes in this regard. It automatically transitions between compact small integers and variable-length bignums, under the covers.

-module(t).
-export([factorial/1]).
factorial(1) -> 1;
factorial(N) -> N * factorial(N – 1).

Eshell V5.6.5 (abort with ^G)
1> c(t).
{ok,t}

2> t:factorial(100).
93326215443944152681699238856266700490715968264381621468592963895217599993229915608941463976156518286253697920827223758251185210916864000000000000000000000000

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]]> Comment on Punctuation by bhyde http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-3 bhyde Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:57:12 +0000 http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=8#comment-3 James - Thanks; fixed now. - ben James – Thanks; fixed now. – ben

]]> Comment on Punctuation by James http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-2 James Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:46:54 +0000 http://offering-load.cozy.org/?p=8#comment-2 Your wiki is ACLed beyond public view. Your wiki is ACLed beyond public view.

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