Re: straw-man [was Re: arithmetic issues]
Alan Watson 23 Jan 2006 22:16 UTC
bear wrote:
> So I think that what we have here is motivated by one
> problem -- implementations that don't provide the full
> numeric tower -- proposes a minimum ground on which to
> solve it, and provides the solution given that minimum
> ground. There is no reason once the solution is in
> place to leave that ground exposed.
I agree.
I applaud the authors of SRFI-77 for providing the tools to solve an
important problem (implementing the full tower). However, once they've
solved the problem, I'd like them to put their tools away tidily.
Regards,
Alan
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Dr Alan Watson
Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica
Universidad Astronómico Nacional de México