Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number.

;;; Use emacs to paste and format the 1000 digit number
(defvar long-number '(
7 3 1 6 7 1 7 6 5 3 1 3 3 0 6 2 4 9 1 9 2 2 5 1 1 9 6 7 4 4 2 6 5 7 4 
7 4 2 3 5 5 3 4 9 1 9 4 9 3 4 9 6 9 8 3 5 2 0 3 1 2 7 7 4 5 0 6 3 2 6 
2 3 9 5 7 8 3 1 8 0 1 6 9 8 4 8 0 1 8 6 9 4 7 8 8 5 1 8 4 3 8 5 8 6 1 
5 6 0 7 8 9 1 1 2 9 4 9 4 9 5 4 5 9 5 0 1 7 3 7 9 5 8 3 3 1 9 5 2 8 5 
3 2 0 8 8 0 5 5 1 1 1 2 5 4 0 6 9 8 7 4 7 1 5 8 5 2 3 8 6 3 0 5 0 7 1
5 6 9 3 2 9 0 9 6 3 2 9 5 2 2 7 4 4 3 0 4 3 5 5 7 6 6 8 9 6 6 4 8 9 5
0 4 4 5 2 4 4 5 2 3 1 6 1 7 3 1 8 5 6 4 0 3 0 9 8 7 1 1 1 2 1 7 2 2 3
8 3 1 1 3 6 2 2 2 9 8 9 3 4 2 3 3 8 0 3 0 8 1 3 5 3 3 6 2 7 6 6 1 4 2
8 2 8 0 6 4 4 4 4 8 6 6 4 5 2 3 8 7 4 9 3 0 3 5 8 9 0 7 2 9 6 2 9 0 4
9 1 5 6 0 4 4 0 7 7 2 3 9 0 7 1 3 8 1 0 5 1 5 8 5 9 3 0 7 9 6 0 8 6 6
7 0 1 7 2 4 2 7 1 2 1 8 8 3 9 9 8 7 9 7 9 0 8 7 9 2 2 7 4 9 2 1 9 0 1
6 9 9 7 2 0 8 8 8 0 9 3 7 7 6 6 5 7 2 7 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 5 3 3 6 7 8 8 1
2 2 0 2 3 5 4 2 1 8 0 9 7 5 1 2 5 4 5 4 0 5 9 4 7 5 2 2 4 3 5 2 5 8 4
9 0 7 7 1 1 6 7 0 5 5 6 0 1 3 6 0 4 8 3 9 5 8 6 4 4 6 7 0 6 3 2 4 4 1
5 7 2 2 1 5 5 3 9 7 5 3 6 9 7 8 1 7 9 7 7 8 4 6 1 7 4 0 6 4 9 5 5 1 4
9 2 9 0 8 6 2 5 6 9 3 2 1 9 7 8 4 6 8 6 2 2 4 8 2 8 3 9 7 2 2 4 1 3 7
5 6 5 7 0 5 6 0 5 7 4 9 0 2 6 1 4 0 7 9 7 2 9 6 8 6 5 2 4 1 4 5 3 5 1
0 0 4 7 4 8 2 1 6 6 3 7 0 4 8 4 4 0 3 1 9 9 8 9 0 0 0 8 8 9 5 2 4 3 4
5 0 6 5 8 5 4 1 2 2 7 5 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 1 1 6 4 2 7 1 7 1 4 7 9 9 2 4 4
4 2 9 2 8 2 3 0 8 6 3 4 6 5 6 7 4 8 1 3 9 1 9 1 2 3 1 6 2 8 2 4 5 8 6
1 7 8 6 6 4 5 8 3 5 9 1 2 4 5 6 6 5 2 9 4 7 6 5 4 5 6 8 2 8 4 8 9 1 2
8 8 3 1 4 2 6 0 7 6 9 0 0 4 2 2 4 2 1 9 0 2 2 6 7 1 0 5 5 6 2 6 3 2 1
1 1 1 1 0 9 3 7 0 5 4 4 2 1 7 5 0 6 9 4 1 6 5 8 9 6 0 4 0 8 0 7 1 9 8
4 0 3 8 5 0 9 6 2 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 6 2 9 8 1 2 3 0 9 8 7 8 7 9 9 2 7 2 4
4 2 8 4 9 0 9 1 8 8 8 4 5 8 0 1 5 6 1 6 6 0 9 7 9 1 9 1 3 3 8 7 5 4 9
9 2 0 0 5 2 4 0 6 3 6 8 9 9 1 2 5 6 0 7 1 7 6 0 6 0 5 8 8 6 1 1 6 4 6
7 1 0 9 4 0 5 0 7 7 5 4 1 0 0 2 2 5 6 9 8 3 1 5 5 2 0 0 0 5 5 9 3 5 7
2 9 7 2 5 7 1 6 3 6 2 6 9 5 6 1 8 8 2 6 7 0 4 2 8 2 5 2 4 8 3 6 0 0 8
2 3 2 5 7 5 3 0 4 2 0 7 5 2 9 6 3 4 5 0))

(defun euler-8 (num &optional (current-max 0))
  "Returns the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the
given number.  The digits must be supplied as a list"
  (if (< (length num) 5)
      current-max
      (let ((product (apply #'* (subseq num 0 5))))
        (if (> product current-max)
            (euler-8 (cdr num) product)
            (euler-8 (cdr num) current-max)))))