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
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Tomas Hlavaty wrote:
>>
>> «…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 would not need to be
> there at all.
Oops. Could you give me some details about my mistake?
Isn't «1
Hi Christophe,
> Christophe Gragnic 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 would not need to be
t
Hi all,
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Tomas Hlavaty 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 for clarif
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
Hi Christophe,
> Christophe Gragnic 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 being cool
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
