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From:
Brent Dax
Date:
October 9, 2001 08:35
Subject:
RE: NaN semantics
Message ID:
FJELLKOPEAGHOOODKEDPKENNCHAA.brentdax@cpan.org
Jonathan Scott Duff
# On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:17:26AM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
# > Depending on what Larry's planning, we may weld in support
# for imaginary
# > numbers. While they're mind-warping, in some ways they're
# better than
# > having a line labeled "Beyond here be dragons" or something.
#
# Neat. It'd be nice to have the "i" syntax as well: 3+2i
#
# I can hear the crys now though "Oh no! First ``x'', then ``v'', now
# ``_'' and ``i''. Sheesh! When will it end?!?" ;-)
For consistency, I'd prefer to use is: 3+(2 is i). Well, either way,
this is a good thing for properties to handle. GO PROPERTIES! ;^)
--Brent Dax
brentdax@cpan.org
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