On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:25 AM, john skaller <skal...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > The abstract properties of numbers are defined here: > http://felix-lang.org/$/usr/local/lib/felix/felix-latest/lib/std//algebraic.flx > as a mathematician you will understand this code, despite the fact it > is using type classes. It's just defining groups and rings. The "Float" > variant is there because floating point math isn't associative. > Its the best I could think of to mean "approximately" since there's > no universal way to say that for floats.
ieee floating point isn't ever going to be real math, right? is it dangerous to try to pretend it kinda is? :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language