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Re: bounded, infinite ranges?
- To: dyer@eagle.sharebase.com
- Subject: Re: bounded, infinite ranges?
- From: andyw@ibeam.ht.intel.com (Andy Wilson)
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 13:18 PDT
- Cc: info-dylan@cambridge.apple.com
Scot Dyer writes:
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/// Again, these unpleasant facts of floating point life could be avoided
/// if from/up-to/by were constrained to be <rational>.
I think even <rational> might have it's problems...
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Rational arithmetic is always exact; maybe not fast, but exact.
atw