On 4/23/07, Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DB = me, RM = Raul Miller
Given my definition,
DB> I define "have" to mean "the bit pattern for an IEEE floating point
DB> (FP) negative zero exists in an array of FP in J".
I believe
negative_zero=:64{.1
satisfies this constraint
and your statements:
RM> The bit pattern which we currently associate with
RM> "negative zero" would remain as a potential bit pattern.
DB> This is an endorsement of my position.
RM> Sure, if (for example) you define 64{.1 as meaning "floating zero".
then either you contradict yourself or one of your statements
invalidates the premises of the discussion.
I do not see the contradiction (with myself, nor with the
premises of the discussion).
--
Raul
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