On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote:
>     notation (i.e. the digit meaning 33,  as in 16b1a2b3c9x). Second, We
>     also use x to represent Euler's number in exponential notation, as in
> 1x1,
>     and sometimes the interpreter gets confused about whether you mean
>     extended precision or exponential numbers (e.g. 1x1 1x an
>     "ill-formed number") .
>
>     http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2004-April/016876.html
>
> [2] There are some corner cases where extended-precision calculations must
>     fall back to floating point.

All of which makes me wonder what you expect for 1x1 1x.

Consider:

   1x1
2.71828
   1x
1

Logically speaking, I think I would expect 1x1 1x to give me an exact
representation of ^1 0. But that's irrational.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

-- 
Raul
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