Re: My scripting language - any suggestions?

Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:31:49 -0400

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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:31:49 -0400
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
References: 08-08-069 08-08-081 08-08-100 08-08-106 08-08-107 08-08-109 08-09-006 08-09-014 08-09-021
Keywords: interpreter
Posted-Date: 07 Sep 2008 17:37:21 EDT

lican <licaner@gmail.com> writes:


> If you don't like the float I can make it double or even long double.
> That really doesn't matter right now. I'll get to that while
> implementing operators in the VM.
>
> And please do remember that this is meant to be a scripting language
> with dynamic typing, running on a VM.


Does "scripting language" mean "efficiency does not matter much"?
If so, then why bother with floating point? Why not use exact
rational arithmetic instead?


- Bob


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