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| From | Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: D>F and S>F first draft |
| Date | Tue, 24 Nov 2015 17:26:54 -0800 |
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"HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> writes: >> > I see no practical difference between 'rounding' to some >> > system-dependent fp value and an ambiguous condition. > Ambiguous condition ... means the implementor can choose whatever > action he feels is appropriate... Users then have the choice of going > with that system or choosing another if they don't like the behavior. You're saying there's no practical difference between a) requiring a standard system to do something sane, and b) letting it do something crazy while still calling itself standard, and telling the user to pick a different system if they want sanity? I think Elizabeth gave the example that in Colorforth, OR means exclusive or. That's fine in the greater scheme of things, but I think it's best for it to be considered nonstandard.
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RfD: D>F and S>F first draft C G Montgomery <cgm@physics.utoledo.edu> - 2015-11-21 17:59 -0500
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-22 18:25 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 06:20 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-23 10:58 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-23 02:57 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-24 13:16 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-23 18:49 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-25 11:51 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-24 17:26 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-25 02:43 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-26 12:16 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-25 17:47 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-26 15:47 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-25 23:07 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-26 07:27 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-26 09:19 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-28 04:26 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-28 11:31 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-29 20:23 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-29 20:39 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-12-05 17:48 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 23:58 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-12-05 02:19 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-12-05 11:25 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2015-12-05 13:11 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-12-05 05:27 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-12-05 15:33 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-12-07 10:10 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-12-09 16:58 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-12-06 10:23 -0800
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-06 21:37 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-05 19:08 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-30 08:33 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-11-25 21:43 -1000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-28 19:28 +1100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-26 11:37 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 15:10 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-22 20:48 +0100
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-11-22 13:42 -1000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-23 11:50 +0000
Re: D>F and S>F first draft "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-11-23 12:46 -1000
Forth libraries Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-11-24 08:55 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 06:33 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 16:00 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 08:53 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 09:11 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 18:24 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-22 09:07 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-11-22 18:10 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 18:26 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-22 13:58 -0500
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-23 12:34 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-23 16:39 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-24 03:00 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-11-23 13:48 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-11-23 05:19 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft mhx@iae.nl - 2015-11-23 16:09 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-11-22 20:42 +0100
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft C G Montgomery <cgm@physics.utoledo.edu> - 2015-11-22 16:43 -0500
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 18:40 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-11-22 18:51 -0800
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft C G Montgomery <cgm@physics.utoledo.edu> - 2015-11-25 15:47 -0500
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-22 14:29 +0000
Re: RfD: D>F and S>F first draft "David N. Williams" <williams@umich.edu> - 2015-11-22 10:41 -0600
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