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From: sam@csi.jpl.nasa.gov (Sam Sirlin)
Subject: Re: Factoring numbers
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In article <1993Feb28.015325.18464@csus.edu>, emclean@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Emmett McLean) writes:
|>    NB.  One thing I like about J is the versatility of the language.
|>    NB.  Here's something I translated this from Touretzy's Common Lisp.

This seems to run into problems pretty early on my sun sparc:

   factors 167
limit error

I suppose this is because recursion is used instead of looping,... but
haven't had time to investigate yet. 
-- 
Sam Sirlin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory         sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov

