[Jprogramming] When a <. _ is less than a

[Henry Rich]

No, extendeds promote to float on mixed operations.

Henry Rich

On 2/2/2016 9:09 PM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming wrote:
>     9223372036854736345 <. _
> 9.22337e18
>
> result is a double.  <. double is the closest integer it can find.
>
> this seems like a problem though:
>
>
>      9223372036854736345x <. _
> 9.22337e18
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Henry Rich <henryhrich at gmail.com>
> To: Programming forum <programming at jsoftware.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 9:05 PM
> Subject: [Jprogramming] When a <. _ is less than a
>
> I'm stepping up to the world of 64-bit integers, and stepping into cowflops.
>
> This took me quite a while:
>
>       <. 9223372036854736345 <. _
>
> 9223372036854735872
>
>
> See that?  Take the minimum of (number) and (infinity), and the result
> is less than (number)!
>
> Yes, I understand why it happens.  Now I do.  Be warned.
>
> Henry Rich
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