> > * I think Sage's RealField(prec) is more accurately called > fixed-precision floating-point than arbitrary-precision floating-point, > since range of mantissa and exponent are fixed once prec is known. > > Yes, and although I am not an expert in such things, I always point this out in tutorials. I don't know how often people make this mistake, though.
* I should not be participating in threads like these. They take too > much time that should be spent on work. > Yup, correct again! But you had some valuable contributions and learned something, so it wasn't a total waste. - kcrisman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
