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Re: Floating point calculations
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Still away so still brief... Yes, I think providing a module for this
in expl3 is an obvious choice. At some stage we need to write out a
rough spec for the scope of everything we intend to provide in the
expl3 code, and I'm sure there's a fair to large amount currently
missing.

Have fun,
Will

On 1/14/09, Joseph Wright <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been working on a few floating point problems, and it occurred to
> me that it might be sensible for LaTeX3 to provide a programmers set of
> FP tools. This would avoid the need for everyone to code their own bits
> and pieces, and would be an obvious candidate to use Lua if available.
> Is this a possibility for the kernel/tools side of things?
> --
> Joseph Wright
>

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