LOGO-L> Infinity and like words

[mikedoyle@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mike Doyle)]

Brian

I picked up you comment on using 'infinite precision' representation of 
numbers. We sometimes get a little careless in our use of words and this 
can lead to conceptual problems. As any real computer is a finite machine 
the concept of infinity is incompatible with it. I think you mean 
*unlimited* (or unconstrained, or uninhibited or what have you) precision? 
I.e. an approach to number representation that does not stuff the number 
into the equivalent of an eight-character calculator display but allows 
you to keep on writing numerals as on a sheet of plain paper.


Micheal O Duill

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