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Re: Short and sweet (F.)

From "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: Short and sweet (F.)
Date 2013-10-24 22:34 +1000
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Brad Eckert wrote:
> ...
>
> 3 set-precision  ok
> pi f. 3.14  ok  <--- iForth may print 3.141
> pi 1e1 f/ f. 0.31  ok  <--- SwiftForth drops the 4

iForth interpreted PRECISION to mean 'decimal places'

> Leading zeros don't count in the "significant figures".

Clearly they do in the SwiftForth universe :)

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Short and sweet (F.) Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-10-17 16:04 -0700
  Re: Short and sweet (F.) Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-10-18 06:12 -0700
    Re: Short and sweet (F.) mhx@iae.nl - 2013-10-18 10:40 -0700
      Re: Short and sweet (F.) "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-10-19 11:58 +1000
      Re: Short and sweet (F.) Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-10-20 07:12 -0700
        Re: Short and sweet (F.) Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-10-20 08:51 -0700
          Re: Short and sweet (F.) Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-10-20 09:20 -0700
          Re: Short and sweet (F.) "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-10-24 22:34 +1000
  Re: Short and sweet (F.) "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-10-19 11:12 +1000
    Re: Short and sweet (F.) Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2013-10-19 18:39 +0200

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