IMD (in my dreams) If a language is to be used in a program and not
simply in an interactive mode where you must reevaluate the
significance of each result personally, rather than documentation, it
would be necessary to reflect only significant digits in results no
matter which type of result (imaginary, real integer, scientific
notation) so that you know how many actual significant digits there
are to go on and use that result so that you do not end in generating
spurious results. It would also be imperative to display the result
as it actual is stored and used in any next step
Joey using J601
'0' 8!:2 ] 365365365365365365x^2
133491850208566945040100911382265856
0": 365365365365365365^2
133491850208566926593356837672714240
on J504 I get
'0' 8!:2 ] 365365365365365365x^2
|domain error
| '0' 8!:2]365365365365365365^2
133491850208566945040100911382265856
1.33492e35
IMD The result would be instead:
133491850208566945040100911382265856
": 365365365365365365^2
133491850208566926593356837672714240
IMD the result would be instead:
1334918502085669e20
OF course I dream in colour and wake up each day to the world as we
know it.
Donna
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On 25-Jun-06, at 1:09 AM, R&S HUI wrote:
It seems clear what I disagree with.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:53 pm
Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] significant digits
Better to fix it? Seems to me the following should produce
the same results ...
'0' 8!:2 ] 365365365365365365x^2
133491850208566945040100911382265856
0": 365365365365365365^2
133491850208566926593356837672714240
You disagree with that?
At 17:10 -0700 2006/06/24, R&S HUI wrote:
IMHO, it would be a good idea to include a comment ...
I disagree.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IMHO, it would be a good idea to include a comment in the 8!:
documentation page that expands on the description - "y is
usually an array of real numbers." to the effect that extended
integers may cause erratic results.
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