On 2020-02-20 00:41, Darren Duncan wrote:
On 2020-02-20 12:10 a.m., Tobias Boege wrote:
Granted, Todd would not have anticipated this answer if he calls
arbitrary length integers "magic powder" and the question "I have
computed this Int/Num/Rat in Raku, is it rational?" does indeed
not make any sense. But there are computer languages that can do
better. Given FatRats, such modules can be written for Raku today.
Actually the question "is it rational" DOES make sense, however its
answer is trivial, the answer is always "yes"; EVERY (not-NaN/Inf/etc)
number a language-defined Raku data type can represent is exactly
expressible as the ratio of 2 integers. -- Darren Duncan
Well, I wonder if there is an overflow bit that would
tell your is the number was going on and on after
you did an operation on it.
