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["MAGGIO GUIDO" <GUIDO.MAGGIO@ESTERNI.GRUPPO.MPS.IT>]

Can anybody tell me how I can make computations of a large number?
Example: I am computing a likelihood, within its _expression_ I have lambda^(n*mean(x)) which in my case is equivalent approximately to 14,4^919. Splus can't make this computation (it could make 14,4^799) as the result is too high and becomes infinity ("inf").

This causes and impossibility to compute the likelihood.
I have tried enlarging the number of digits through

OPTIONS==>GENERAL SETTINGS==>COMPUTATIONS

And by setting the number of digits to the maximum=20.
This allows me to compute very small numbers with many digits bit does not help me with my lambda^(n*mean(x))  which again turns out =inf.

I am using Splus 6.2. Is this the cause of my problem?
Thanks

Guido