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>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

    >> Suggestions on how to make it work for bigger numbers?

    Alan> Why on earth do you want to write a program for a calculation
    Alan> than just about anybody could do in his head?

    Alan> 12! is, of course, 478,002,600.  ;-)

ITYM 479,001,600.

Besides, as has been already mentioned, the calc package does all this
and more.

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