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bignums are bogus
- To: Fahlman@c.cs.cmu.edu, sandra%orion@cs.utah.edu
- Subject: bignums are bogus
- From: Guy Steele <gls@Think.COM>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 87 10:51 EDT
- Cc: common-lisp@sail.stanford.edu, gls@think.com
- In-reply-to: <FAHLMAN.12294960256.BABYL@C.CS.CMU.EDU>
I have a vague memory of sending to this mailing list, a couple of years
ago, the observation that one could have MOST-POSITIVE-BIGNUM and
MOST-NEGATIVE-BIGNUM, and probably each would occupy 1/3 of the total
memory space.