-------- Original Message -------- Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 14099 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2002 22:51:43 -0000 Received: from eros.cs.jhu.edu (128.220.223.245)by hilbert.umkc.edu with SMTP; 14 Feb 2002 22:51:43 -0000 Received: from eros.cs.jhu.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])by eros.cs.jhu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1EMr2O26440;Thu, 14 Feb 2002 17:53:06 -0500 Received: from mail.eros-os.org (IDENT:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [158.130.6.119])by eros.cs.jhu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1EMqWO26430for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 17:52:32 -0500 Received: from mx.novosoft.ru (mx.novosoft.ru [194.149.225.80])by mail.eros-os.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1ENaS801041for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:36:32 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost)by mx.novosoft.ru (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1EMnm611323for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:49:48 +0600 (NOVT)(envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Received: from orion.novosoft.ru (orion.novosoft.ru [194.149.225.13])by mx.novosoft.ru (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1EMnkj11307;Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:49:46 +0600 (NOVT)(envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Received: from owl ([192.168.30.28])by orion.novosoft.ru (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.9a)with SMTP id 2002021504501491:1038 ;Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:50:14 +0600 Message-ID: <00e101c1b5a9$c47ab0c0$8a65a8c0@owl> From: "Constantine Plotnikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Bill Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 09:55:35AM -0800 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <v03110700b891c9ebed1b@[165.247.202.65]> Subject: Re: [cap-talk] RE: Textual distributed computing protocols MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on Orion/Novosoft(Release 5.0.9a |January 7, 2002) at15.02.2002 04:50:15,Serialize by Router on Orion/Novosoft(Release 5.0.9a |January 7, 2002) at15.02.2002 04:50:21,Serialize complete at 15.02.2002 04:50:21 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://www.eros-os.org/mailman/listinfo/cap-talk>,<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=subscribe> List-Id: General discussions concerning capability systems. <cap-talk.mail.eros-os.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.eros-os.org/mailman/listinfo/cap-talk>,<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:48:49 +0600 X-Mozilla-Status: 8011 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 X-UIDL: 1013727103.14101.hilbert.umkc.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:18 AM Subject: Re: [cap-talk] RE: Textual distributed computing protocols > When we move to a texty format, there is one place where we are likely to > face transmission errors. That is the low order bits for floating point > numbers. We have a necessary imprecision that comes from the conversion > between binary and decimal fractions. For E and Eros, the question comes, > should we care. IMHO we should. > It is C/C++/Java/C# predjudice that floating point literals should always have base 10. You could as well use base 16 or any other base for floating points in ADA, for example 16#FEFE.FF#E-10. I even suggest to use ADA syntax fo all numbers. Then intergers will be able to be transmitted at any base too. Constantine _______________________________________________ cap-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eros-os.org/mailman/listinfo/cap-talk
