From: peta@whaite.ca
Cc: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>, rms@gnu.org, bojohan@dd.chalmers.se
Subject: Re: Strange division using mixed integers and floats
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:17:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200404291718.i3THHe25018869@brains.moreideas.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> of "Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:31:13 EDT." <E1BJBdB-00012W-RN@fencepost.gnu.org>
> Also (/ 5 4 2.3) would no longer be equivalent to (/ (/ 5 4) 2.3).
>
> I don't think that is a big loss.
In ansii common lisp they are equivalent, but that is because integer
division gives a rational result. So in the absence of rational numbers
converting all arguments to float would be a close approximation of the
same.
--
Peter Whaite (http://whaite.ca)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-29 17:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-26 15:02 Strange division using mixed integers and floats Johan Bockgård
2004-04-27 15:46 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-04-28 10:13 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-28 11:05 ` David Kastrup
2004-04-28 13:20 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2004-04-28 14:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2004-04-28 15:59 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-04-29 13:31 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-29 17:17 ` peta [this message]
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