why? <REPL> user=> (+ 6546546546546546546850348954895480584039545804 7548979534287548957345843954749357348757897) 6554095526080834095807694798850229941388303701N
user=> (+ Long/MAX_VALUE Long/MAX_VALUE) ArithmeticException integer overflow clojure.lang.Numbers.throwIntOverflow (Numbers.java:1501) user=> Long/MAX_VALUE 9223372036854775807 </REPL> Why the much bigger numbers get promoted, and a smaller number overflows? Thank you Ali -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.