Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-09 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2021-03-08 09:29:31 +0100, Mirko via Python-list wrote: > Am 07.03.2021 um 21:52 schrieb Avi Gross via Python-list: > > The precedence example used below made a strange assumption that the > > imaginary program would not be told up-front what computer language it was > > being asked to convert f

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-08 Thread Mirko via Python-list
Am 07.03.2021 um 21:52 schrieb Avi Gross via Python-list: > The precedence example used below made a strange assumption that the > imaginary program would not be told up-front what computer language it was > being asked to convert from. That is not the scenario being discussed as we > have describe

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-07 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 07.03.21 um 20:42 schrieb Peter J. Holzer: The second part is converting a parse tree into code. I am quite sure that it is possible to devise a formal language to specify the semantics of any programming language and then to use this to generate the code. However, I strongly suspect that such

RE: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-07 Thread Avi Gross via Python-list
king anything, but I think a universal translator may not be imminent. -Original Message- From: Python-list On Behalf Of Peter J. Holzer Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 2:43 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library On 2021-03-06 23:4

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-07 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2021-03-06 23:41:10 +0100, Mirko via Python-list wrote: > I even wonder why they have tried. Writing a universal > compiler/interpreter sounds logically impossible to me, Here's a > simple Python expression: > > >>> 3+3*5 > 18 > > And here's the same expression in (GNU) Smalltalk: > > st> 3+3

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 9:42 AM Mirko via Python-list wrote: > I even wonder why they have tried. Writing a universal > compiler/interpreter sounds logically impossible to me, Here's a > simple Python expression: > > >>> 3+3*5 > 18 > > And here's the same expression in (GNU) Smalltalk: > > st> 3+3*

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Mirko via Python-list
Am 06.03.2021 um 22:24 schrieb Ben Bacarisse: > Mr Flibble writes: > >>> Someone who says that he is capable of writing a compiler that >>> translates every language has megalomania. No one can do this. >> >> Just because you can't make one it doesn't follow that nobody else >> can. > > True, bu

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Chris M. Thomasson
On 3/5/2021 8:51 AM, Mr Flibble wrote: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library with arbitrary precision integers, floats and rationals: https://github.com/i42output/neonumeric It hasn't been formally released yet as it still requires more extensive testing.  It will be

RE: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Avi Gross via Python-list
Bonita Montero Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 2:12 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library >> There is no projection. >> _You_ have megalomania, not me. >> And there's also no Dunning Kruger effect. >> You can'

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Ben Bacarisse
Mr Flibble writes: >> Someone who says that he is capable of writing a compiler that >> translates every language has megalomania. No one can do this. > > Just because you can't make one it doesn't follow that nobody else > can. True, but lots of very knowledgeable people have tried and failed.

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Chris M. Thomasson
On 3/6/2021 11:35 AM, Mr Flibble wrote: On 06/03/2021 19:11, Bonita Montero wrote: There is no projection. _You_ have megalomania, not me. And there's also no Dunning Kruger effect. You can't assess your capabilites, not me. no u Someone who says that he is capable of writing a compiler tha

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Bonita Montero
There is no projection. _You_ have megalomania, not me. And there's also no Dunning Kruger effect. You can't assess your capabilites, not me. no u Someone who says that he is capable of writing a compiler that translates every language has megalomania. No one can do this. -- https://mail.pyt

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:51 AM Bonita Montero wrote: > > > Whilst you need to read the following: > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect > > There is no projection. > _You_ have megalomania, not me. > And there

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Bonita Montero
Whilst you need to read the following: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect There is no projection. _You_ have megalomania, not me. And there's also no Dunning Kruger effect. You can't assess your capabilites, not

Re: neonumeric - C++ arbitrary precision arithmetic library

2021-03-06 Thread Bonita Montero
It hasn't been formally released yet as it still requires more extensive testing. It will be used as part of my universal compiler, neos, that can compile any programming language ... You will get the same room in the same psychiatric ward like Amine Moulay Ramdane. -- https://mail.python.org/