uLisp creator David Johnson-Davies posted an infinite precision artithmetic package for uLisp.
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uLisp creator David Johnson-Davies posted an infinite precision artithmetic package for uLisp.
One of the aims of the package was to keep it simple and understandable, so users could extend it with additional functions.
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uLisp creator David Johnson-Davies posted an infinite precision artithmetic package for uLisp.
One of the aims of the package was to keep it simple and understandable, so users could extend it with additional functions.
@amoroso i don't think it's going to be very performant... not that performance is a primary concern for a Lisp whose storage is made up exclusively of CONS cells and which looks up variable bindings every time they're evaluated, but still
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uLisp creator David Johnson-Davies posted an infinite precision artithmetic package for uLisp.
One of the aims of the package was to keep it simple and understandable, so users could extend it with additional functions.
@amoroso
Curious that they used digits of 0-99 instead of 0-255. Simplicity perhaps? -
@amoroso
Curious that they used digits of 0-99 instead of 0-255. Simplicity perhaps?@kirtai That's a possibility.
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@amoroso i don't think it's going to be very performant... not that performance is a primary concern for a Lisp whose storage is made up exclusively of CONS cells and which looks up variable bindings every time they're evaluated, but still
@millihertz Performance is indeed not a major design goal.
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@millihertz Performance is indeed not a major design goal.
@amoroso not a minor one either ;-)