From: ludo@chbouib.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: Re: Bug with large fractions
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:52:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hcv07zar.fsf@chbouib.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87irfi7bso.fsf@zip.com.au
Hi,
Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> writes:
> ludo@chbouib.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>>
>> guile> 123123123123123123.12
>> 123123123123123000.0
>
> I think it's been truncated to 53 bits for the mantissa of a double.
Right, the value can't actually fit into a double and reals in Guile
_are_ double (it took me a while to get it... ;-)).
Thanks,
Ludovic.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-06 12:05 Bug with large fractions Ludovic Courtès
2007-01-07 21:43 ` Kevin Ryde
2007-01-09 19:52 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2007-01-09 19:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
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