One of our reviewers made a fantastic comment on the book and I thought I would share it for public consumption:
"I know that you Lisp guys are incredibly proud of arbitrary-precision arithmetic, but I can't help but think that it is entirely missing the point: infinite precision is infinitely slow; no underlying math library is going to support it (so you are stuck with the four basic math operations); and lastly, infinite precision is almost always the wrong approach. If you really need to evaluate the binomial coefficient of 117-take-31 (you probably don't, to begin with), then the right way to do this is to work with logarithms and Stirling's approximation, not with infinite precision." Agree with him or not, this is the view of a non-Clojure programmer and (I think) adds a thoughtful perspective. :f -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
