I would REALLY like to see big types as normal declarations and syntax. The SSA framework seems suitable to automatically manage the temporaries.
On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:14 AM, roger peppe <rogpe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Constructive reals in Go, anyone? :-) > > On 18 Aug 2017 17:50, "Michael Jones" <michael.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here is a minor musing from something that came up yesterday. >> >> Sometimes we see a real number expression as simple as... >> >> x*y/z >> >> ...and knowing from basic algebra that... >> >> (x*y)/z == x*(y/z) >> >> ...we might not expect much difference between the two in our code. Alas, >> computer floating point does not involve real numbers, rather it uses an >> approximation of them. If you will copy https://play.golang.org/p >> /IlDxtvx7IY to your computer, build and run it, (too much CPU for the >> playground) you'll find that the order makes a difference. Or, you can just >> remember this phrase, "multiply first, then divide." >> >> -- >> Michael T. Jones >> michael.jo...@gmail.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- Michael T. Jones michael.jo...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
