From: Paul Smith Date: 2009-11-17T01:00:40+09:00 Subject: Re: Trajectories On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Paul Smith wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Marnen Laibow-Koser >> wrote: >>>> tell us nothing meaningful in this latter case as we'll still end up >>> representation cannot give you the precision you need for the task at >>> >> Your above two points appear to be in conflict with each other. > > Well, they're not "my" two points -- Eleanor wrote the first line, and I > think you missed the "if" on the second one. No, I really mean your two points. On the one hand, you say "If it gives you the wrong answer, it's a bug. Period. If your representation cannot give you the precision you need for the task at hand, then you need a different representation. Period." Then you say "No, becuase [representing irrational numbers is] impossible to do with a finite representation AFAIK. If I'm wrong, I would love to know how this can be done." > >> >>> Best, >>> -- >>> Marnen Laibow-Koser >>> http://www.marnen.org >>> marnen@marnen.org >>> -- >>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Paul Smith >> http://www.nomadicfun.co.uk >> >> paul@pollyandpaul.co.uk > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- Paul Smith http://www.nomadicfun.co.uk paul@pollyandpaul.co.uk