Re: [AC21.5] Texinfo manual kilo-patch

>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <[email protected]> writes:

>>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <[email protected]> writes:

Stephen> True, but you do lose information: all FP numbers by definition have
Stephen> limited, known precision, but conversion to a rational claims that
Stephen> you've acquired an infinite amount of precision from somewhere.
Stephen> Again, this conversion is something that some, probably most, users
Stephen> would appreciate, but others will not.

Scheme knows the concept of "inexactness" attached to numbers to cover
this kind of thing.  But a numeric tower with this kind of property is
incredibly difficult to get wrong.  (For sure, R5RS Scheme didn't get
it right.)

Not that this is a useful contribution to the discussion :-)

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