Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError?

[Tim Roberts]

morphex <morphex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>While we're on the subject, wouldn't it be nice to have some cap there so
>that it isn't possible to more or less block the system with large 
>exponentiation?

There IS a cap.  It's called the "MemoryError" exception.

But, seriously, what would you have it do instead?
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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
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