Re: [Maxima-discuss] float(exp(10000)) works, but float(exp(10000/3)) doesn't

[Barton W. <wi...@un...>]

> I seem to remember that ceil() and floor() did use bfloats internally -


For constant expressions, floor and ceiling  attempts to determine the value using big floats.  The code tries to be cautious and return a nounform when it is too close to call. The method isn't perfect. But the float((exp(10000)) -->  big float misfeature is unrelated to the the way floor and ceiling work (or fail to work).



--Barton (author of floor and ceiling)