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Re: guile & r5rs

To: hjstein@bfr.co.il (Harvey J. Stein)
Subject: Re: guile & r5rs
From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
Date: 24 Nov 1998 17:23:49 -0500
Cc: Jean-Paul Roy <roy@unice.fr>, Valentin Kamyshenko <val@kamysh.materials.kiev.ua>, guile@cygnus.com
References: <m2hfw7mtxb.fsf@kamysh.materials.kiev.ua> <364A90FA.1C2E@unice.fr><wwnbtm0p4ew.fsf@totoro.red-bean.com><m2u2zr6gpe.fsf@blinky.bfr.co.il><wwnsofbo8pn.fsf@totoro.red-bean.com><m2u2zqakox.fsf@blinky.bfr.co.il><wwn90h2mi89.fsf@totoro.red-bean.com><m2r9uui3d6.fsf@blinky.bfr.co.il>


> However, all numerical fcns are supposed to produce either exact or
> inexact numbers or signal an exception.  Since +#.# is neither exact
> nor inexact, I wouldn't call this conforming.

It's inexact, as it should be.

guile> (inexact? (sqrt (expt 10 400)))
#t

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