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Re: Arithmetic issues - feedback

To: Andre van Tonder <andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Arithmetic issues - feedback
From: "John.Cowan" <jcowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:44:21 -0400
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Andre van Tonder scripsit:

>  - Should a minimum precision be required for fixnums or flonums? 
>  
>    I would prefer not (principle of sufficient reason - von Leibniz ;-)

Fixnums and flonums are *about* machine architectures.  It is not
clear that there is a sufficient reason for the machine architectures
we currently have, but it is clear that we have them.  Pretending we
don't is for higher-level operations.

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