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Joe Corneli wrote:
 > Suggestions on how to make it work for bigger numbers?

Get a bigger computer :-)

(defun factorial (num)
   (if (<= num 0)
       1.0
     (* num (factorial (1- num)))))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers