>>>>> "Camm" == Camm Maguire <camm at maguirefamily.org> writes:
Camm> forwarded 707596 maxima at math.utexas.edu thanks
Camm> Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy at olin.edu> writes:
>> Package: maxima Version: 5.30.0-4 Severity: normal
>>
>> Here's a transcript:
>>
>> $ maxima
>>
>> Maxima 5.30.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp GNU
>> Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (a.k.a. GCL) Distributed under the
>> GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the
>> memory of William Schelter. The function bug_report() provides
>> bug reporting information.
>> (%i1) 1000!^0.01;
>> (%o1)
>> i.nfE+142498684
I think this is really an issue with gcl, not maxima. With cmucl and
ccl, maxima complains that 1000! is too big to fit in a double-float.
It looks as if gcl just converts that to double-float infinity.
I don't have a version of gcl here to know for sure, though.
Ray