From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-02-14T06:09:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Working with kernel.eval

Ian Whitney wrote:

> Any thoughts on how I can take the string as it stands, "1+2/3" and get
> the right answer? I could use regex to replace every integer with a
> floating point number, I guess. But that seems kludgey.

David's suggestion to require 'mathn' is a good way to go, but be aware
that 2/3 will evaluate to a rational--precise, but in general slower to
compute with.

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