[Aldor-l] Use ! as factorial
Ralf Hemmecke
ralf at hemmecke.de
Thu Apr 3 10:28:30 EDT 2008
On 04/03/2008 02:56 PM, Francois Maltey wrote:
> factorial is very common for *my* use of CAS :
> 50% of numerical analysis, 50% of algebraic transformations.
>
> And all? other Computer Algebra System uses ! for factorial.
>
> I feel that ! is the standard function for factorial.
>
> I remember a first play with axiom for an other teacher.
> He wants to see a big number, so he tests 123!.
> This day he doesn't find axiom as usual as other CAS.
Hmm, does anybody see a reason that ! could not be a special keyword of
SPAD/Aldor that behaves as postfix operator similar to the douple dot
operator ".." in Aldor?
Ralf
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