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Floating point numbers may also be problematic as mentioned in the Raku entry. By the way, how many decimal places does fp-zero have? How about fp-infinity? |
Floating point numbers may also be problematic as mentioned in the Raku entry. By the way, how many decimal places does fp-zero have? How about fp-infinity? |
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Should we also handle other numeric types with decimal points? Many languages feature some sort of 'BigDecimal' type and |
Should we also handle other numeric types with decimal points? Many languages feature some sort of 'BigDecimal' type and complex number type, for example. |
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It would be nice if the task description could elaborate on some of the above concerns. A restriction of the scope of the task (beyond merely 'numbers'), as well as having an actual task to solve beyond a couple cryptic inputs and outputs would be much appreciated as well. --[[User:Chunes|Chunes]] ([[User talk:Chunes|talk]]) 12:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC) |
It would be nice if the task description could elaborate on some of the above concerns. A restriction of the scope of the task (beyond merely 'numbers'), as well as having an actual task to solve beyond a couple cryptic inputs and outputs would be much appreciated as well. --[[User:Chunes|Chunes]] ([[User talk:Chunes|talk]]) 12:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC) |