I would find the long list of what is essentially the same operation with the different results (I provided) to be useful. The results differ for hard to appreciate reasons. Its easy to look at current dictionary entries and feel as though you understand how extended precision works when you really have no clue. I would still prefer if there was a switch to turn precision off (for speed) instead of on, and/or if the default for imprecise irrational numbers was to fill with 0s so that you could detect the tolerance level you were working with, with imprecise numbers.
-. (x: 1e22) = (x: 1e12) * (x: 1e10) is especially dissapointing. --- "Miller, Raul D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P J wrote: > > should be added to the vocabulary entry for x:. > This > > behaviour has to be thoroughly documented and > > rationalized because it is very astonishing. > > You mean like > http://www.jsoftware.com/books/help/dictionary/dictg.htm? > > Or did you have something else in mind? > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
