As far as I know, one can compute 10000! and even 50000! by
assigning more memory to bignums:
:lisp(si::multiply-bignum-stack 100)
lets one compute 10000! (do not know if 50000! also).
This is all in a Pentium 133Mmx (1 minute to compute+display)
with 48Mb RAM, so I think it should work in your computer.
The fact is that *this* (multiply bignum stack) did NOT work
in the previous versions, and I think (and thought) this is
what Dr. Schelter was intending to solve (?)
Hope this helps,
Pedro
Pedro Fortuny Ayuso
pfortuny@agt.uva.es www.geocities.com/pedro_fortuny
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.