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Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb

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Subject Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb
From "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net>
References (3 earlier) <e62faf71-162b-4d59-8954-756b3c022fb6@googlegroups.com> <XnsA47878EADF64Beejj99@194.109.133.246> <8cd3a812-f346-4af0-97c7-62f02cd2264a@googlegroups.com> <XnsA478CFBC0C88Ceejj99@194.109.133.246> <c43e9f32-7cac-4a1c-a670-06bd01ff6743@googlegroups.com>
Date 2015-04-11 13:13 +0200
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jonas.thornvall@gmail.com wrote on 11 apr 2015 in comp.lang.javascript:

> Once one realise that base also should be in Array, things start to get
> really convoluted, because also the add, multiplication and subtraction
> must start use compare instead of straightforward loops. 
> 
> The ugly solution would be to make base to an Array just at the function
> calls needing it as an array (the compare) the digitVal is already an
> Array because it was needed for add and multiply. 

Perhaps not practical, but certainly beautiful,
would be to make all functions into re-entrant black boxes,
having only local variables, 
but for the input-parameters and the return value.

That means you could write a whole programme in any base.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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        Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-10 11:53 +0200
          Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-10 06:33 -0700
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                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-11 20:22 +0200
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                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-12 12:06 +0200
                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb Dr J R Stockton <reply1500@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-04-14 22:44 +0100
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                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-15 22:46 +0100
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                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-11 20:32 +0200
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          Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-10 07:19 -0700
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  Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-12 07:20 -0700
    Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-12 17:30 +0200
      Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-12 09:03 -0700

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