Tag: recursion

Too Big to Be Accurate(1): Which is the Most Powerful Calculator in the World?

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Calculate the factorial of 171 (171!)? Just TRY! It is equal to 171*170*169*….2*1.
1. Google calculator
As Google fanatics, I first try to search the answer via Google:

Whoops, nothing interested returned! Type “170!” and get the output:
Why kinda things happened in this calculator? 171! is just equal to 171*170!.
2. Excel
Switch to Excel spreadsheet. Function fact(*) […]

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Recursion: Biblical Evidences

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             To Iterate is Human, to Recurse, Divine. 
      –by L. Peter Deutsch, creator of Ghostscript. (I also love his saying “The best thing about a Boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit”)

I learned this quote from Tony Barr, designer and developer of SAS (the Statistical […]

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