On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:02 AM, |/|/ Bendick wrote: > > Ahh.. enlightening. If that is the case shouldn't (define big (expt 2 > (expt 2 25))) fail? (It does not). It's just shy of 2^24 *bytes*: > (integer-length (expt 2 (expt 2 26))) 67108865 > (integer-length (expt 2 (expt 2 27))) *** ERROR IN ##bignum.make -- Heap overflow Brad