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Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb

Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Date 2015-04-11 04:49 -0700
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Subject Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb
From jonas.thornvall@gmail.com

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Den lördag 11 april 2015 kl. 13:13:30 UTC+2 skrev Evertjan.:
> 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)
It was probably 20 years ago since i thought of anything near hardware implementable, and even than it was probably more emulation then really doing anything on the hardware level.

So i settle for just modular arithmetic done in anybase i find it quite demanding, since i am not that good programmer (in any language). 

But i like how accesible programming JavaScript is and i really like the string, Array manipulation functions, and the fact that you can program it on every modern platform with a text editor. Almost like basic.

Of course one could wish there was implementations of ECMA script with read/write using OS I/O and the options making compiled executables. But i do realise it would be contraproductive to the purpose and rather an obscure fork script language not Javascript.


I find Javascript good for learnging/finding out about concepts, and if you keep it simple/basic enough it is generally portable/rewritable?

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Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-09 22:26 -0700
  Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-09 22:44 -0700
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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 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
                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-16 01:06 -0700
                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-11 07:21 -0700
                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-11 08:06 -0700
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                Re: Convoluted logic trying to do bignumb jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-11 12:10 -0700
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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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