factor a binary polynomial



On Qua, 2009-04-29 at 18:12 +0100, Leo Butler wrote:
> Apparently, this depends on the underlying lisp, as you can see below.

> (%o4) (x^2+x+1)*(x^4+x^3+1)

For the record, I get that same result with clisp, sbcl and clozure cl.
But with gcl I get:
 (x^2-x+1)*(-x^4+x^3+1)

Jaime