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[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50330] factorial(250) returns InF
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John W. Eaton |
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[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50330] factorial(250) returns InF |
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Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:18:05 -0500 (EST) |
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Follow-up Comment #1, bug #50330 (project octave):
Octave is a numerical computing tool. It doesn't do arbitrary precision
arithmetic.
The maximum floating point value is somewhere around 10^308, so this value
can't be represented exactly.
Are you saying it should be an error instead?
What does Matlab do?
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