Re: [pure-lang-users] Numeric Arguments

[John C. <co...@cc...>]

Albert Graef scripsit:

> (In Q realvalp requires that the 
> imaginary part is an exact zero, which would be rather inconvenient in 
> Pure because that rules out most complex values in polar representation.)

The problem is that floating-point underflow gives 0 silently, so a result
can become real when mathematically it should not.  Is polar representation
a major consideration in Pure?  I don't know any language supporting
complex numbers where it is.

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