Why do you expect (test-fc (range 210432423543654675765876879)) to return a result?
Even if each iteration of the loop takes only 1 nanosecond, your function would take 6 billion years to complete. - James On 7 April 2014 21:01, sorin cristea <srncris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Gianluca, > > I have a question ; why when a run/execute command/code line (test-fc > (range 210432423543654675765876879)) it's not executed the function > test-fc and return the sum for all 210432423543654675765876879 elements? > why should I put the test-fc reference to a variable, x, like you present > below. ( this is related to your phrase - "your function computes a > sequence of just one element (the sum of the collection members" - why ?) > > > In this case (def x (test-fc (range 210432423543654675765876879)) I see > here a problem, I keep a reference to the head of sequence and this will > imply that the GC will can't garbage the unused items, if is wrong what I'm > say please correct me. > > thanks a lot > Sorin. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
