Division is not straightforward.


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From: Geoff Canyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008 20:37
Subject: [Jprogramming] Why does this run out of memory?
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>

> 100000x | (5x^24999) %~ (2x^99994) %~ !100000x
> 
> Granted, !100000x is large, but it's something shy of 1 
> million  
> digits. After calculating the factorial (which takes about 15 
> minutes  
> as a standalone operation) shouldn't the divisions and residue 
> be  
> fairly straightforward/not memory hungry?
> 
> Or is it just a coincidence that I happen to have found, that 
> !100000x  
> will barely fit in memory, and the extra operations tip it over 
> the  
> edge?
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