> This is interesting. > > One set of folks considers non-machine-number performance to be surprising, > and wants to avoid it. > > Another set of folks considers the possibility of arithmetic exceptions for > certain combinations of input to be surprising, and wants to avoid them. > > Nobody likes surprises, but discounts the other folks' surprise as less > important :)
Like I said, our expectations are colored by our experiences and we all have different experiences. Whatever decision is ultimately made, it wouldn't affect my decision to use Clojure or not overall, although it may incline me to use Clojure for *different* parts of a problem solution (I'm more of a mixed language solution guy than one size fits all anyway). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en