On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Bart Lateur wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:24:21 +0200 (CEST), Tels wrote:
>
> >And then, if we have BigFloat, we need a way to specify rounding and
> >precision. Otherwise 1/3 eats up all memory or provides limits ;o)
> Er... may I suggest ratio's as a data format? It won't work for sqrt(2)
> or PI, but it can easily store 1/3 as two (long) integers.
The internal details ought to be invisible. Anyway, since you still can't
store any irrationals exactly, you still have the same issues of rounding
and precision.
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Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
