2012/12/15 John Cowan <[email protected]>: > Sascha Ziemann scripsit: >> 2012/12/14 John Cowan <[email protected]>: >> >> For example, this reversal means that (max 1.0+0.0i 1.0-0.0i) is >> >> permitted, and the result is no longer uniquely determined. >> >> What should the result be? >> > >> > I'd say it's correct to return either one, since they are =. >> >> Wolfram thinks it is neither the first nor the second: >> >> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=max+%281.0%2B0.0i%2C+1.0-0.0i%29 > > Wolfram, like Common Lisp, takes a structural view of complex numbers: > a number is complex just in case it has an imaginary part.
What is the benefit not following Wolfram and CL? Sascha _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports
