I agree. Life is too short, efforts better to be spent elsewhere. On Oct 10, 2017 3:29 AM, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think this proposal would require, at minimum, a rewrite of ve.c > > Also, each primitive which takes numeric arguments and/or produces a > numeric result would need a test to make sure it behaved properly for > each different mode of number handling. > > Want to take a crack at it? > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Xiao-Yong Jin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
