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| From | Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.lisp, alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: boxing all integers (was Re: Resources to learn common lisp?) |
| Date | 2026-08-31 03:11 -0300 |
| Organization | Primarily biological and memetic |
| Message-ID | <87cxuy6cqt.fsf@debian> (permalink) |
| References | (16 earlier) <111tev9$8hea$1@dont-email.me> <875x2zzres.fsf@nightsong.com> <86se5zr6ez.fsf@williamsburg.bawden.org> <87mru47iou.fsf_-_@debian> <868q5ni9ns.fsf@williamsburg.bawden.org> |
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Alan Bawden <alan@csail.mit.edu> writes: > Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> writes: >> I had no idea! Never having used it, I had always assumed that MACLISP >> shared the behavior of things like SBCL, Smalltalk, and recent versions >> of Python — transparently overflowing from fixnums to bignums. > > Note that MacLisp _does_ have "transparent-overflow" arithmetic, you > just have to use `PLUS`, `TIMES` and `DIFFERENCE` instead of `+`, `*` > and `-`. The `+` family is fixnum-only, but the `PLUS` family handles > all types of numbers. I see! Thank you for explaining. Kragen
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boxing all integers (was Re: Resources to learn common lisp?) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-29 17:52 -0300
Re: boxing all integers (was Re: Resources to learn common lisp?) Alan Bawden <alan@csail.mit.edu> - 2026-08-30 17:24 -0400
Re: boxing all integers (was Re: Resources to learn common lisp?) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-31 03:11 -0300
origin of XGP fonts (was Re: reprints of old AI memos) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-28 10:44 -0300
Re: origin of XGP fonts (was Re: reprints of old AI memos) Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-09-28 07:33 -0700
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