On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Richard Newman <holyg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The question here is whether Clojure is a "primitive" language, where > numbers are machine numbers by default, or a "modern" language, where > getting primitive math might require input from the programmer, but by > default all operations are promoting and conceal the limitations of the > hardware. (The big trick is that there are limitations imposed by the JVM.) > primitive vs modern might not be the right terminology. Dynamic vs static might be closer to the partition prim arith vs dynamic boxed arith. There are modern languages that are static... That's a natural choice when you don't want to talk about type, but a quite expensive one in term of performances. If something better can be found, that would be great. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
