On 5/5/09, Leo Butler <l.butler at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> (%i1)
> factor(1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111);
>
> (%o1) 317*6163*10271*307627*49172195536083790769
> *3660574762725521461527140564875080461079917
> (%i2)
> factor(1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111);
>
> Unrecoverable error: Pages out of range in make_writable.
I'm guessing this error reflects a failure in GCL's memory management,
and therefore it is essentially unfixable by the Maxima developers.
My advice to you is to build Maxima with SBCL or CMUCL instead.
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Robert Dodier