-- everything here are [Int] or [[Int]], which would overflow -- * had it not overrun the stack first * ackermann = iterate ack [1..] where ack a = s where s = a!!1 : f (tail a) (zipWith (-) s (1:s)) f a (b:bs) = (head aa) : f aa bs where aa = drop b a main = mapM_ print $ map (\n -> take (6 - n) $ ackermann !! n) [0..5]