info-mac@uw-beaver.UUCP (10/12/84)
From: Seth Goldman <seth@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA> I successfully downloaded xlisp onto my Mac and have a few questions as a result. If these have been answered elsewhere a pointer to the responses would be appreciated. 1) What is the largest number xlisp can deal with? I wrote a simple factorial program (both iterative and recursive versions) and (FACT 8) returned a negative number! (FACT 7) worked okay. 2. Is there any kind of macro defining facility? 3. Where can I locate xlisp programs? Are there any useful packages floating around the net? 4. What's the longest list xlisp can handle? I defined a function to generate a list of length N containing Nils (i.e. (nil nil nil)) and for N = 100, I got the Serious System Error message and had to reboot. Thanks for the info, Seth Goldman ARPA: seth@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA UUCP: ...!{ihnp4,cepu,trwspp,sdcrdcf,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!seth USMail: Computer Science Department A.I. Lab, 3531 Boelter Hall UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90024 (213) 825-5199