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    Type conversion and generating big Fibonacci numbers in Clojure

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    ;; bigger_fibonacci.clj
    
    (def fib (memoize
              (fn [index]
                (case index
                  1 0
                  2 1
                  (+
                   (bigint (fib (dec index)))
                   (bigint (fib (- index 2))))))))
    
    ;; memonize_fib_right_way.clj
    
    (def fib (memoize
              (fn [index]
                (case index
                  1 0
                  2 1
                  (+
                   (fib (dec index))
                   (fib (- index 2)))))))
    (fib 52)
    
    • Clojure Data Structures

    Updated: October 27, 2022

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