On Oct 10, 2010, at 5:38 AM, Karl Hammar wrote: > On the downside for integers we have, if I may cite John Doty: > > "There are subtle problems with carrying real number analytic > geometry into a discrete domain." > > So far I have not found any good reasons for using integers, and John > has presented a wery good one for NOT using them. If we can get rid of > thoose "subtle" problems, we will have a more healthy program and it > will also be easier for new developers to join (in that part).
You misunderstand. Computer floats are not real numbers: they are discrete elements of a finite set. Their behavior is more difficult to comprehend than the behavior of integers. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ j...@noqsi.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
