On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 4:54 PM Shu-Hung You <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Shu-Hung You <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: [racket-dev] proposed release notes for 8.2 release > To: John Clements <[email protected]>, Racket Developers > <[email protected]> > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 10:50 PM 'John Clements' via Racket Developers > <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. 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.
