On Aug 25, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Norman Palardy wrote:
All that said what would YOU like to see REAL do to reach out to
this community ?
In order to 'reach out' in a credible way, RS should start by
implementing some core features and fixing some long standing bugs
that engineering/scientific programmers would appreciate. Expansion
of the integer data type was a step in the right direction. Here are
some fairly routine items lacking in Rb that RS could implement in
supporting engineering/scientific activity, at least bringing Rb into
parity with VB6 in this regard. I'm sure there are other items that
should be included:
1. Implement a Decimal data type as in VB (12 byte integers with
scaling by powers of 10 to represent up to 28 decimal places)
2. Fix the bug in Format(0, "#e+) that returns 0 as a negative number
(returns = -0.0e+0) on MacOS, 2006R3. (zvuvcyvq)
3. Fix the bug in Format(double larger than 1e80, "#") that breaks
IsNumeric for most numbers in the double range, ie., IsNumeric(Format
(1e80, "#")) returns false on MacOS, 2006R3. (euyqidee)
4. Restore the display of doubles to their 16/17 digit precision in
the debugger. The current 7 significant digit display in the debugger
is very unhelpful in using the debugger to check the accuracy of
calculations involving doubles. This could be a debugger option, or
course, if some users prefer the current display. (bqeyynbu)
5. Implement a user coordinate definition feature as in VB, ie., a
ScaleMode property for Canvas and ContainerControl(perhaps) providing
ScaleX, ScaleY properties that are a major convenience in graphing.
(rrbrwmut)
6. Implement built-in constants for Pi and e. (coqpazwq, sort of)
7. Implement a feature in Format() allowing the formatting of the
exponent(e.g.,"-#.####E+000") for convenience in tabular display, as
in VB. (zvuvcyvq)
Regards,
Jack
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