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Do you know if there was ever any public discussion about whether to represent decimal fractions (0.1 etc.) as an exact rational or inexact float?
by raiph 11y ago
Do you know if there was ever any public discussion about whether to represent decimal fractions (0.1 etc.) as an exact rational or inexact float?
- soegaard 11y agoTake a look that the rrrs mailing list archive.
- raiph 11y agoThanks! Looks like bingo with my first search (a google for 'rrrs mailing list rational fraction float'): https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scheme-mail/HTML/rrrs-1985/msg00016.html https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scheme-mail/HTML/rrr... I've loved lisp's power since I first encountered it in the early 80s and also admired the great care put in to various aspects of Common Lisp (which is mentioned as the foundation for scheme's number decisions). Great stuff and still very relevant. :)