RE: Precision of `Double's in Hugs

2002-01-27 Thread Mark P Jones
Hi Liyang, | On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:39:48AM -0800, Mark P Jones wrote: | Hugs uses single precision by default because the implementation | using double precision relies on a hack whose behavior is not | assured in any way by the C language in which it is implemented. | | I found this in

Re: Precision of `Double's in Hugs

2002-01-17 Thread Liyang Hu
Hi, On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:39:48AM -0800, Mark P Jones wrote: Hugs uses single precision by default because the implementation using double precision relies on a hack whose behavior is not assured in any way by the C language in which it is implemented. I found this in

RE: Precision of `Double's in Hugs

2002-01-14 Thread Mark P Jones
Hi Dave, | Note that I'd recommend getting some clarification about this from either | the current hugs team or Mark Jones (who are probably reading this list), | as I can vaguely recall a couple of times over the last few years where | Mark Jone has said `Hugs should not be used for serious

Re: Precision of `Double's in Hugs

2002-01-12 Thread Scott Turner
On Saturday 12 January 2002 17:35, you wrote: (I'm just a new convertee to the ways of Functional Programming, so please go easy on me! ^_^;;) Welcome. Hope you find it as fun and useful as I. Why is it that `Double's in Hugs only seem to have the same precision as a `Float'? I've some code

Re: Precision of `Double's in Hugs

2002-01-12 Thread Liyang Hu
Evening, Thanks for the near-instantaneous reply! On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 05:59:02PM -0500, Scott Turner wrote: Welcome. Hope you find it as fun and useful as I. I'm sure I will! My wee adventure into the world of functional programming has been nothing short of delightful so far, and there's

Re: Precision of `Double's in Hugs

2002-01-12 Thread William Lee Irwin III
On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 01:43:32AM +, Liyang Hu wrote: 'fraid I've been too spoilt by Debian, haven't built anything from source in ages ... I'll notify Hugs' package maintainer and see if I can convince him/her to apply this ... No trouble at all; I feel this should be the default as