For some reason, all the topics in beta and programming ultimately leads to
issues relating to our pathetically limited memory computing machines that
poorly representing proper numbers.
Can we have a separate forum for number representation issues?
Can we have a J operation mode that treats all numbers as extended precision
rationals by default and barks (or just runs forever) upon irrational numbers?
Here is a question for the proposed new forum as a start.
NB. J does not get the 15th digit of Euler's number correctly!?
10|<.(^1)*10^i.20
2 7 1 8 2 8 1 8 2 8 4 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NB. Putting in x does not help either!?
10x|<.(^1x)*10x^i.20x
2 7 1 8 2 8 1 8 2 8 4 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NB. But this x: helps, why?
10|<.(x:^1)*x:10^i.20
2 7 1 8 2 8 1 8 2 8 4 5 8 9 1 2 8 1 6 5
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