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12006-12-19 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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3 * calc.texi (History and Acknowledgements): Recognize that Emacs
4 now does have floating point.
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12006-12-19 Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> 62006-12-19 Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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3 * major.texi (Choosing Modes): Describe match-function elements for 8 * major.texi (Choosing Modes): Describe match-function elements for
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@@ -1539,7 +1539,8 @@ To make a long story short, Emacs Lisp turned out to be a distressingly
1539solid implementation of Lisp, and the humble task of calculating 1539solid implementation of Lisp, and the humble task of calculating
1540turned out to be more open-ended than one might have expected. 1540turned out to be more open-ended than one might have expected.
1541 1541
1542Emacs Lisp doesn't have built-in floating point math, so it had to be 1542Emacs Lisp didn't have built-in floating point math (now it does), so
1543this had to be
1543simulated in software. In fact, Emacs integers will only comfortably 1544simulated in software. In fact, Emacs integers will only comfortably
1544fit six decimal digits or so---not enough for a decent calculator. So 1545fit six decimal digits or so---not enough for a decent calculator. So
1545I had to write my own high-precision integer code as well, and once I had 1546I had to write my own high-precision integer code as well, and once I had