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| From: Bradley Lucier <lucier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 15:23:28 -0500 | | Hi, Aubrey: | | We already discussed many of these issues on various threads in | comp.lang.scheme. I can't find any subjects with "exact", "IEEE", or "inifinity" in the 3100 postings in my current usenet feed. How about a URL? | On May 20, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Aubrey Jaffer wrote: | | > | From: Bradley Lucier <lucier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | > | Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:38:43 +0200 | > | | > | .., I sent document about proposed changes to numerics to | > | Marc Feeley last March to forward to the committee. Since then my | > | thinking has evolved a bit, but I thought I would just include my | > | comments verbatim here. ... | > | > Why are you restricting the specification of inexacts to IEEE-754/854 | > arthmetic? | | I'm not doing as you suggest; perhaps you misinterpret my | recommendation. You have me at a disadvantage. Where I have written extensively about intent and motivations in SRFI-70, you have given no hint, even in response to my direct question. I will not anger you further with my guesses as to your intentions.