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Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk scripsit: > Andrew Wilcox <awilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > To take an example of [Egner et al. 2004], (< x y) in this proposal > > returns an *inexact* boolean, if either X or Y is inexact. > > A boolean is almost always used to choose control flow. Since you > can't make control flow inexact, inexactness is not really contagious. > It can't be. Inexact booleans don't add any real value. Indeed, even without control flow as such the idea is bizarre. If x and y are inexact numbers, is the value of (if (< x y) "foo" "bar") an inexact string? -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! John Cowan <jcowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)