It's me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc: [reply moved to bottom into context]
> "Jürgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > #python supports complex numbers. > > [...] > > > > So? > > > > The world would come to a halt if all of a sudden nobody understands complex > numbers anymore. :-) > > > > # Perl doesn't support complex numbers. But there are packages that > > > supports it. > > > > The Math::Complex module is part of the standard installation already, no > > need for any "packages" (whatever that might be). > > Did you check "perldoc Math::Complex" > > > > NAME > > Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical functions > > [...] > For those of us that works with complex numbers, having complex number as a > natively supported data type is a big advantage. Non-native add-ons are not > sufficient and lead to very awkward program code. Like this? use Math::Complex; my $z = sqrt( -1); print 1 + $z, "\n"; # prints "1+i" Operator overloading makes it possible to work with complex numbers as if they were a native data type. Anno -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
