Sujet : Re: Display Engineering Notation with SI Prefix
De : dxforth (at) *nospam* gmail.com (dxf)
Groupes : comp.lang.forthDate : 30. Aug 2024, 03:13:43
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On 30/08/2024 12:23 am, mhx wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:39:20 +0000, dxf wrote:
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So iForth PRECISION equates to 'decimal places'.
Yes. I appreciate the mathematical rigor of SET-PRECISION,
but literally *none* of my academic and engineering friends
*ever* complained about iForth's evil deviation. Who really
likes to see
-1e 0e 0.5e 0e z^ z. 0.0000000000000000612323399573677 + i1. ok
3 set-precision ok
-1e 0e 0.5e 0e z^ z. 0.0000000000000000612 + i1. ok
in computed output?
Can't say without knowing what was the criteria. If a user wants
to show the result to 3 significant digits, who can argue with that.
3 significant digits is about right for (ENG.) applications.
Display Engineering Notation with SI Prefix
Re: Display Engineering Notation with SI Prefix