Norman Gray
To: Hendrik Boom
Cc: users@racket-lang.org
Subject: Re: [racket] LC53
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Hendrik (and Hugh), hello.
OK -- I'll bite, if only to see where this argument heads to.
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:36:14AM +, Norman Gray wrote:
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> Hendrik (and Hugh), hello.
>
> OK -- I'll bite, if only to see where this argument heads to.
>
> On 2012 Nov 20, at 13:56, Hendrik Boom wrote:
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> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:02:06AM +, Norman Gray wrote:
> >>
> >> I think
Hendrik (and Hugh), hello.
OK -- I'll bite, if only to see where this argument heads to.
On 2012 Nov 20, at 13:56, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:02:06AM +, Norman Gray wrote:
>>
>> I think list members might experience a certain amount of surprise at your
>> conclusion
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:02:06AM +, Norman Gray wrote:
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> Hugh, greetings.
>
> I think list members might experience a certain amount of surprise at your
> conclusions...
>
> On 2012 Nov 20, at 02:34, Hugh Aguilar wrote:
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> > For a numerical program it is necessary to have mixed-precis
Hugh, greetings.
I think list members might experience a certain amount of surprise at your
conclusions...
On 2012 Nov 20, at 02:34, Hugh Aguilar wrote:
> For a numerical program it is necessary to have mixed-precision arithmetic.
> [...] Scheme, Python, Ruby, C/C++, Fortran, Java, etc., don'
regards --- Hugh
From: Jens Axel Søgaard
To: Hugh Aguilar
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: [racket] LC53
2012/11/17 Hugh Aguilar :
> Note that when I invented LC53, the 32-bit x86 was still prevalent and I was
> assuming that the sys
mples" you mean valid values for X, any 32-bit number other
> than 0 will work.
>
> From: Richard Cleis
> To: Hugh Aguilar
> Cc: "users@racket-lang.org"
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [racket] LC53
>
> Only excess
Well, if by "examples" you mean valid values for X, any 32-bit number other
than 0 will work.
From: Richard Cleis
To: Hugh Aguilar
Cc: "users@racket-lang.org"
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [racket] LC53
On
Only excessively brave Racketeers would attempt that without a good set of
examples. :-)
rac
On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:46 AM, Hugh Aguilar wrote:
> All of this talk about using Racket for numerical work reminds me of a simple
> function that I included in my novice package:
> http://www.forth.org/
All of this talk about using Racket for numerical work reminds me of a simple
function that I included in my novice package:
http://www.forth.org/novice.html
This is the LC53 linear-congruential prng (pseudo-random number generator) that
I invented. Here it is using infix pseudo-code:
m = 2^32 -
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