Dear Sir; The current version of python incorporates an algorithm to display floating point numbers in the shortest form that will convert back to the original binary representation.
www.python.org python3. Dave. On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 11:14 -0600, DIETER ENSSLEN wrote: > thanks > > my reaction: "ouch" re the funny numbers. I really don't like funny > numbers. i love numbers that are right on to the last listed digit, or maybe > out by one there. how is a person supposed to generate pi or e or > gamma=Euler-Mascheroni and such to 16, 32 or more or many more accurate > digits as hobbyists do? > > Incidentally, I watched my pc download J602 into my smart phone over a while, > then afterwards i have been unable to find any trace of it on the smart phone > yet. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
