Re: [pure-lang-users] math.pure

[me22 <me...@gm...>]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 16:13, Albert Graef <Dr....@t-...> wrote:
> Eddie Rucker wrote:
>> However, instead of log x being the log base 10 how about
>>
>> log b::int x::double | log b::bigint x::double = ln x / ln b;
>
> Seems useful. Well, log is customary for base 10 logarithms, at least on
> this side of the Atlantic. I could rename that function to log10, though
> (that's also how it's called in Python). Or we could use log (x,b) or
> log (b,x) for a logarithm with given base (but that would take away the
> possibility to curry, which is pretty useful with your definition).
> Opinions?
>

I'd say "customary" depends greatly on context.  Without a base, I
think it should be natural, for consistency with C and my math profs.

I really like the curried version, though.