# How about to simplify the factorial function name?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-about-to-simplify-the-factorial-function-name/80715
**Category:** Internals & Design
**Created:** [May 8, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-about-to-simplify-the-factorial-function-name/80715 "2022-05-08T16:28:05Z")
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### Author: ![gdalle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdalle/32/27854_2.png) [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-about-to-simplify-the-factorial-function-name/80715/6 "2022-05-08T17:25:21Z")

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And then again it is debatable whether `!(5)` is truly more readable than `factorial(5)`, _especially_ in a language where `!` usually means boolean negation

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