On Sep 1, 2010, at 7:40 AM, Stephen Bloch wrote: > On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > >> The #i indicates inexactness as far as computer arithmetic is concerned, >> that is, what the so-called 'machine' level arithmetic supplies. > > And yet Scheme/Racket allows for inexact integers, whereas no computer I know > of has an inexact integer type supported at the machine level.
Don't forget some fun stuff (for which there are sound reasons): > (inexact? (sin 0)) #f > (inexact? (sin 0.0)) #t > rac > > > Stephen Bloch > sbl...@adelphi.edu > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
