It doesn't have to be text strings. It could be data (byte strings). This would be handy for using the base-16 method for computing pi. In my personal "slow math" library, I have tinkered with binary data, float encoded data, and number arrays, usually using a decimal point. Division is hard. I tinkered a bit with interval arithmetic and want to explore that more. That way I can have indefinite precision decimal intervals. Add complex and I will have to change my library to "very slow math".
One problem is readability. > On Oct 5, 2019, at 11:43 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 10/5/19 8:34 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: >> Pi is a reserved work, so I used pie. I haven’t seen this way of producing >> Pi before, and in both JavaScript and LivceCode it seems to be >> instantaneous. I think it’s a rewording of 4*(1-1/3+1/5-1/7+1/9…) > > the Taylor algorithm is similar but different. > >> Anyway, see for yourself > > ...the javascript implementation is *very* fast, and one reason is the BigInt > support. You're not going to be able to do this in LC without resorting to > string chunks. > >> BTW, I haven’t seen JavaScript using ‘let’ before, or having ’n’ to indicate >> a floating point number. That could be a dot net thing. > > See Peter Wood's response. > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
