Re: [pure-lang-users] complex 0

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

Albert Graef scripsit:

> Yes, that's because int args of those floating point operations are 
> generally promoted to double. It's the most sensible way to do it. The 
> same is true for / (which is *always* an inexact floating point division 
> in Pure, just like in C).

If only.  In fact, int/int in C is truncating integer division, but that's
okay, because C is obviously broken there.  I know Pure is supposed to
"do it the C way", but that's carrying things too far.

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