[issue2138] Add a factorial function

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

Contrary to what I said above, I'm not going to find time for this
before the beta.  Anyone else want to have a go at producing a patch?

A simple implementation would be fine---the algorithm could be tweaked
for speed later.

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