Factorial Algorithms in different languages

Answer 1

Oddball examples? What about using the gamma function! Since, Gamma n = (n-1)!.

OCaml: Using Gamma

let rec gamma z =
    let pi = 4.0 *. atan 1.0 in
    if z < 0.5 then
        pi /. ((sin (pi*.z)) *. (gamma (1.0 -. z)))
    else
        let consts = [| 0.99999999999980993; 676.5203681218851; -1259.1392167224028;
                        771.32342877765313; -176.61502916214059; 12.507343278686905;
                 -0.13857109526572012; 9.9843695780195716e-6; 1.5056327351493116e-7;
                     |] 
        in
        let z = z -. 1.0 in
        let results = Array.fold_right 
                          (fun x y -> x +. y)
                          (Array.mapi 
                              (fun i x -> if i = 0 then x else x /. (z+.(float i)))
                              consts
                          )
                          0.0
        in
        let x = z +. (float (Array.length consts)) -. 1.5 in
        let final = (sqrt (2.0*.pi)) *. 
                    (x ** (z+.0.5)) *.
                    (exp (-.x)) *. result
        in
        final

let factorial_gamma n = int_of_float (gamma (float (n+1)))