Re: Numeric Literals (Summary)

On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 01:27  PM, Dave Whipp wrote:
> And now I know why we can't use C<.> as a floating point in base 16:
>
> 1.5e1 == 15
> 16:1.5e1 != (1 + 5/16) * 16

Due to ambiguities, the proposal to allow floating point in bases other 
than 10 is therefore squished.  If anyone still wants it, we can ask 
the design team to provide a final ruling.

MikeL