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"Bignums—arbitrary precision integer arithmetic—were added [to MacLisp] in 1970 or 1971 to meet the needs of Macsyma users."
[https://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf, P. 10 bottom]
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"Bignums—arbitrary precision integer arithmetic—were added [to MacLisp] in 1970 or 1971 to meet the needs of Macsyma users."
[https://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf, P. 10 bottom]