Henry, the sentence with the words 'capacity' and 'computer' is in the original text. So, could you suggest an alternative phrasing?
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > I would not say 'capacity', or 'computer'. The problem is the precision > of floating-point numbers. Floating-point can store numbers that big, but > not exactly. If you did the computation with extended integers, you could > also get an exact answer, but much more slowly without the special code. > > Henry Rich > > > On 7/29/2018 2:10 PM, Brian Schott wrote: > >> So, Henry (et al), I think you're suggesting an explanation like the >> following to replace the existing explanation which I include further >> below. Yes? >> >> ******proposed rewrite below ******* >> >> Although the example below does not suggest a problem because the numbers >> are relatively moderate here, terms like 15^22 which are embedded in this >> example can get very large very quickly with more realistic numbers and >> may >> exceed the capacity of the computer. >> >> cs=.29 >> 15(cs&|@^)22 5 3 20 15 18 >> 6 10 11 24 14 9 >> >> This is easily solved since >> >> ******proposed rewrite above ******* >> >> >> >> *******The existing example and wording are provided just below******* >> >> cs=.29 >> 15(cs&|@^)22 5 3 20 15 18 >> 0 10 11 0 0 0 >> The zeros in the above indicate that there is a problem, namely that >> numbers such as 1522 are very large and exceed the capacity of the >> computer. This is easily solved since >> >> *******The existing example and wording are provided just above******* >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
