[gambit-list] problem with load.

Bradley Lucier lucier at math.purdue.edu
Wed Jun 20 10:11:46 EDT 2007


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



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