[clisp-list] numbers - ending

[michal k. <mi...@sf...>]

Hi,

thanks for all the answers, escpecialy to Pascal Bourguignon and 
Matthias Buelow. Just to straighten things out a bit - for me it's not 
the matter of fpu and the way floats are calculated. I've been trying to 
  fight my way around it for few years. It's rather a matter of "I was 
expecting more" from lisp, and seeing same bug as in javascript is.. 
disappointing in a way. I guess I'll have to try using rationals 
somehow. And, just maybe, it would be a nice move to switch to doubles, 
and arrange readers other way round. I guess it would require some 
survey, what users want more by default - precision or speed.

As I wrote, I'll try to think of a way around it, and I hope I'll come 
up with something (like using rationals if output has bigger precision 
then it should basing on input?), and I'll be happy to submit it for you 
to criticise or use.

I keep wondering why I never saw it before...

Best regards
Mike