>>> "Jos Koot" <jos.k...@telefonica.net> 07/23/10 5:24 AM >>> >> (/ (read (open-input-string "#e5.55")) #e1.11)
>> 5.55 and 1.11 are read as inexact reals, which are flonums. In fact in >> Racket all reals are rationals. >> There is good reason to distinguish exact reals from inexact ones, because >> arithmetic operations on flonums usually are much faster. I think Neil understands the above perfectly well; as I read it, his suggestion was that, *by default*, the Racket reader should choose correctness over efficiency, while allowing the programmer to choose efficiency (via exact->inexact) if (s)he wishes. Stephen Bloch _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
