Re: Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

2014-09-03 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Christophe, it doesn't have to be always 1.0. If it was, it would not need to be there at all. Oops. Could you give me some details about my mistake? Isn't «1.0» always read as «10^(*Scl)» which is what I'd call the scale factor? Yes, but *Scl is concerned only in the reader, when

Re: Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

2014-09-02 Thread Christophe Gragnic
Hi all, On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Tomas Hlavaty t...@logand.com wrote: : (* 1.0 1.0) - 100 You want: (*/ 1.0 1.0 1.0), see http://software-lab.de/doc/ref_.html#*/ That's funny because I read about */ right before posting my email but couldn't connect with my problem. If there is room

Re: Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

2014-09-02 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Christophe, Christophe Gragnic christophegrag...@gmail.com writes: is my suggestion: «…by multiplying with (or dividing by) the scale factor.» could become «…by multiplying with (or dividing by) the scale factor, which is always `1.0`.» it doesn't have to be always 1.0. If it was, it

Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

2014-08-31 Thread Christophe Gragnic
Hi all crazy Lispers! I managed to handle being NIL, thanks to Michel and Alex. Now I have another similar problem with numbers. First, I understand the reasons behind having fixpoint numbers in Picolisp (basically simple implementation and control). Now considering that my goal is to implement

Re: Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

2014-08-31 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Christophe, Christophe Gragnic christophegrag...@gmail.com writes: : (scl 1) # just for some examples to show - 1 : 1 - 1 : 1.0 - 10 : (* 1.0 1.0) - 100 : (+ 1 1.0) - 11 It's is just impossible for a teacher to explain this to a newbie without being considered a fool. PicoLisp

Re: Swimming against the tide, again (this time with numbers)

2014-08-31 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Christophe, Now I have another similar problem with numbers. First, I understand the reasons behind having fixpoint numbers ... : (scl 1) # just for some examples to show - 1 : 1 - 1 : 1.0 - 10 : (* 1.0 1.0) - 100 : (+ 1 1.0) - 11 It's is just impossible for a teacher to