There's https://github.com/golang/go/issues/19623 for making int arbitrary precision in Go2 (yes, please) there could also be an arbitrary precision float to go with float32/float64 :D
On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would REALLY like to see big types as normal declarations and syntax. The > SSA framework seems suitable to automatically manage the temporaries. > > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:14 AM, roger peppe <rogpe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Constructive reals in Go, anyone? :-) >> >> On 18 Aug 2017 17:50, "Michael Jones" <michael.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Here is a minor musing from something that came up yesterday. >>> >>> Sometimes we see a real number expression as simple as... >>> >>> x*y/z >>> >>> ...and knowing from basic algebra that... >>> >>> (x*y)/z == x*(y/z) >>> >>> ...we might not expect much difference between the two in our code. Alas, >>> computer floating point does not involve real numbers, rather it uses an >>> approximation of them. If you will copy https://play.golang.org/p/IlDxtvx7IY >>> to your computer, build and run it, (too much CPU for the playground) you'll >>> find that the order makes a difference. Or, you can just remember this >>> phrase, "multiply first, then divide." >>> >>> -- >>> Michael T. Jones >>> michael.jo...@gmail.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > Michael T. Jones > michael.jo...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
