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

[Joey K Tuttle]

I kinda like this one ... ;-)

    x: 9223372036854775807 <. _
9223372036854775808



On 2016/02/02 18:17 , 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming wrote:
> there is also this fix
>
>      9223372036854736345x <.&x: _
> 9223372036854736345
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Henry Rich <henryhrich at gmail.com>
> To: programming at jsoftware.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] When a <. _ is less than a
>
> 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