My near miss is a little more suitable for LiveCode. Try Homer’s in LiveCode and you get false.
Can’t get anything past you folks. Dar Scott On May 18, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Glen Bojsza <gboj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Near miss syndrome ... > > Homer Simpson had the same issue > > http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/29/the_simpsons_and_fermat_s_last_theorem_wizard_of_evergreen_terrace_has_brilliant.html > > On May 18, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Igor de Oliveira Couto <i...@semperuna.com> > wrote: > >> On 19 May 2014, at 8:28 am, Alejandro Tejada <capellan2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dar Scott wrote >>>> put 781769^12 + 852723^12 = 874456^12 >>>> >>>> See >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat's_Last_Theorem >>> >>> The result is TRUE... >>> Could this be an error? :o >> >> Indeed, it is. You can check it here: >> >> http://www.wolframalpha.com >> >> Just enter: >> >> "781769^12 + 852723^12 = 874456^12" >> >> It will confirm for you that it's *false*. >> >> As an aside: the underlying computational 'engine' behind Wolfram Alpha >> products (such as Mathematica) is an open source maths library named "GMP >> Library" (GNU Multi-Precision Library). It allows for extremely fast >> calculation of arbitrarily large numbers. >> >> Apart from GMP, there are *many* well-known, reliable open-source >> mathematical libraries, some able to do complex symbolic maths - some have >> even been developed in higher-level languages, like Python. They are >> cross-platform, and have GPL-compatible licenses. It would be an excellent >> idea if during the code refactoring that is happening right now, the >> LiveCode developers decided to implement one of these libraries as the >> mathematical engine for LiveCode. >> >> Just a thought... In any case: >> >> http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12440 >> >> -- >> Igor Couto >> Sydney, Australia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
