Numeric Programming for Everybody

[piet at cs.uu.nl]

>>>>> Don Dwiggins <dwig at advancedmp.net> (DD) writes:

DD> Here's a strawman proposal: the "default" number system for the language
DD> will be like that of Unix "bc": fixed point (the user must declare how many
DD> fractional places), no limit on size.  Yes, of course it's inefficient, but
DD> it's a good fit to the beginner's mental model.  The introductory
DD> documentation will describe this system, and mention the others available,
DD> and why one might want to use them.

That can't work as it uses a global variable (the number of fractional
digits) and that gives problems with imported modules.
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Piet van Oostrum <piet at cs.uu.nl>
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