I haven't looked at this yet, but is this purely a display feature, or is it a full implementation of rational numbers?
In other words, is the result of 1÷3 exact? And if so, how do I convert a rational number into a floating-point number? Regards, Elias On 21 July 2017 at 00:05, Juergen Sauermann <juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi, > > coming back to a proposal from Elias, I have added (experimental) support > for rational numbers in GNU APL. *SVN 982*. > > It has to be enabled explicitly: > > *./configure RATIONAL_NUMBERS_WANTED=yes* > > In APL you can display rational numbers by setting *⎕PS[1]*: > > * ⎕PS←0 22* > * 2÷3* > *╔════════════╗* > *║0.6666666667║* > *╚════════════╝* > * ⎕PS←1 22* > * 2÷3* > *╔═══╗* > *║2÷3║* > *╚═══╝* > > (The second item in *⎕PS* is a boxing style as in the ]BOXING command). > > Best Regards, > Jürgen > >
