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Unum, a Better Number Format
- aeonik 3y agoTangent: we should make a format for surreal numbers while we are at it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number Here's an interesting Julia library that tries to do it: https://github.com/mroughan/SurrealNumbers.jl https://github.com/mroughan/SurrealNumbers.jl
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoSeems somewhat similar territory given the relation to dyadic rationals and real numbers goals - what would be the comparison to Unum in your estimation?
- aeonik 3y agoI honestly wonder if this Unum format might actually support surreal numbers. The interval arithmetic and bounds look like they might come in handy. Maybe all that's needed are functions that can do approximations, conversions, and math on them. I have to think about it, though it's not my area of expertise, just a curiosity.