Thanks for the response. To get an idea of what I mean, visit http://www.wolframalpha.com/''. Then enter something ridiculous (to me, at least) like 100000!
The answer is almost instantaneous. The question is: how would someone write idiomatic Clojure in such a way that it gives exact results for n, and reasonable approximations (BigDecimal?) for large values of n, without having to write a separate function? In imperative/procedural languages, based available computing resources one would arrive at some arbitrary value (say, 1000) and use different algorithms based on the size of n. Is this also the case for Clojure? -- 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
