Didn't Gene say some time back that he had solved this problem for some APL?
Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Randall > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:17 PM > To: General forum > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] 9!:10 and linear display > > > > On 10/2/07, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> It seems to me that if a number displayed with the digits > >> indicated by 9!:10 has exactly the same bit pattern as that > >> number displayed to full precision then the more concise > >> variant should be used. > >> > >> Currently, we get: > >> > >> 6.3&] > >> 6.2999999999999998&] > > > Raul: > > For printing a floating point number, J has simply to round it to a > fixed number of significant digits. It does not have to consider other > decimal numbers with the same bit pattern. > > What you are suggesting seems considerably more complicated: it would > require J to take a floating point number and, among all decimal > numbers with the same bit pattern, select the one with the fewest > significant digits. > > In my opinion, this a large price to pay for a cosmetic improvement. > However, I may be misunderstanding what you are saying. > > > Best wishes, > > John > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
