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Re: rationals in guile?

To: Jay Glascoe <jglascoe@jay.giss.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: rationals in guile?
From: Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:19:16 -0800
cc: guile@cygnus.com

> I for one don't miss rationals at all.  ...
> 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

It just seems strange to have bignums but not rationals, since
the extra effort (and overhead) of rationals once you have bignums
seems fairly minor.  (Speaking as one who has implemented both.)

	--Per Bothner
Cygnus Solutions     bothner@cygnus.com     http://www.cygnus.com/~bothner

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