Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: sjack@dontemail.me (sjack) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: "The Best Programming Language for the End of the World" Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:50:35 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <87bjtn2hct.fsf@gmail.com> <2f9ef5257e7dca8e72a2ee2d3329d2f4c1b84cc1@i2pn2.org> <2025Apr7.084256@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <05376993a82bd98bd2bb808b6d70d88a0c19891f@i2pn2.org> <077656b5c422bbcbdf53452c341a0af4700b5fa5@i2pn2.org> Injection-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:50:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2fd88e16f4ef8d0aa47706c00ddc1013"; logging-data="3185537"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Yb+uNiUccdW1eksD96B6h" User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20240224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.8.0-57-generic (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Y2xQoqTxbox2tGAI0QGiBXcXBpE= Bytes: 2161 dxf wrote: > > What's ambiguous in Forth-94 is the returned representation i.e. should > REPRESENT return '0's representing the insignificant digits; should F. > trim the redundant trailing '0's. > See your point but won't give an opinion as how REPRESENT output should appear, not my place. But as a user the wording of REPRESENT, and thus PRECISION and SET-PRECISION, is a little off. Rounding is mentioned but all the parameters are stated as significant digits. Don't think it prevents a user from getting what he wants but could taint discussion of the result's significance. Is the result all significant digits or significant digits plus one? Either could be correct depending on the circumstance and the latter would be the most often wanted. -- me