From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3AABBC63 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:53:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from maury.inria.fr (maury.inria.fr [192.93.2.7]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0NIrtGH015464 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:53:56 +0100 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by maury.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0NIrrxU029289 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:53:54 +0100 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id k3so1219587ugf for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:53:53 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; b=h5YbXi5VWqiF17wzP1mxEEhBuNrTUmhzQmRkO3N1Gqci0FiJjQxmsvwHdeN2KQx1Z8+VDrZZwc0ZfFwq74yRHzbsKontHYsUErPM9Ft4rE2L6tQvPVEd8VH1z4wAltGa5Rie7UJWbgMzVgMP/WjsJ7nQPhtcSymVvNRmv9S7K1c= Received: by 10.67.97.18 with SMTP id z18mr9003732ugl.1169578433438; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:53:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.3? ( [87.122.55.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id z40sm6746179ugc.2007.01.23.10.53.52; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:53:52 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <8C584854-A0BC-4926-A4E7-60620DF4D995@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: caml-list@inria.fr From: Lucas Holland Subject: Factorial function Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:53:50 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 45B659C1.001 on maury : j-chkmail score : X : 0/20 1 0.000 -> 1 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45B659C4.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Miltered: at maury with ID 45B659C1.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; factorial:01 lucas:98 lucas:98 rec:01 let:03 overflow:03 function:08 function:08 error:12 does:14 advance:15 called:16 thanks:17 why:23 com:75 Hi, why does this function: let rec fact n = n * fact (n-1);; yield an overflow error if called with n = 5? Thanks in advance, Lucas