(set! *unchecked-math* true) (* -1 (dec -9223372036854775807)) ;=> -9223372036854775808 (+ 5000000000000000000 5000000000000000000) ;=> -8446744073709551616 (- -9223372036854775807 9223372036854775807) ;=> 2 (* 3037000500 3037000500) ;=> -9223372036709301616 ; Note: The following division will currently silently overflow regardless of *unchecked-math* ; See: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1253 (/ (dec -9223372036854775807) -1) ;=> -9223372036854775808