Re: (was Int Function) mod bug
Re: (was Int Function) mod bug
- Subject: Re: (was Int Function) mod bug
- From: Chris Page <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 06:50:57 -0700
On Monday, August 19, 2002, at 06:20 AM, has wrote:
Sad but true: almost any answer you get to a floating point
calculation will be WRONG. (It's an inherent limitation of binary
computing.)
Well, it's an inherent limitation of finite-precision computing.
I'd like to see AppleScript support unlimited-precision integers
(aka "bignums", often implemented as vectors of integers) and
rationals (numbers represented as the ratio between two integers).
When performing math operations, conversions between integers,
bignums, and rationals can happen automatically when necessary to
preserve precision.
--
Chris Page - Mac OS Lead, Palm Desktop - Palm, Inc.
Tip of The Day: There is no such thing as "High ASCII". Any
character value outside the range 0-127 is by definition not ASCII.
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