On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 4:54 PM Shu-Hung You <shh...@u.northwestern.edu> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Shu-Hung You <shh...@u.northwestern.edu> > Date: Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: [racket-dev] proposed release notes for 8.2 release > To: John Clements <cleme...@brinckerhoff.org>, Racket Developers > <racket-dev@googlegroups.com> > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 10:50 PM 'John Clements' via Racket Developers > <racket-dev@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > Here’s what I’ve got now. Any further additions or changes? > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Racket version 8.2 is now available from > > > > https://racket-lang.org/ > > > > > > * Racket CS supports faster exact-rational arithmetic. > > May I ask what is the baseline of the comparison? How about using "improved": > > * Racket CS improved the performance of exact-rational arithmetic. > > This eliminates the possible confusion that Racket BC is the > comparison target and the interpretation that arithmetic is fast in > Racket CS.
I agree that this is an improvement. > If this item is about samth's PR #3748, then its subject is large > integer arithmetic. I think it is worth narrowing the scope to let the > users know what to expect, e.g. > > * Racket CS improved the performance of large-integer arithmetic. > > https://github.com/racket/racket/pull/3748 > > (I guess the computation of rational numbers with large denominators > or numerators also benefits from it but I am not sure.) That PR is also part of 8.2 but the notes are mostly referring to https://github.com/racket/racket/pull/3818 Sam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAK%3DHD%2Bar27bYNMY0x%3D-MhwBB%3DzgLVp7_dhPGC0RbwdWzPjCB5Q%40mail.gmail.com.
