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>Richard Pitre (pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil) wrote:
>> Why leave out complex numbers and complex
>> transcendental functions? 
>
>For a very simple reason: there are two equally viable implementations
>Do you want an angle/radius or real/imaginary representation?
>Please consider the consequences of a choice. If you don't show 
>(explicit) what choice you made, you won't have any idea of the 
>run-time consequences of what you write.
>
>Stephan
>
>> If you don't think its a problem then its because you've never tried
>> to do it. The readability goes to hell. 
>
>If you think it is a problem you have never tried it ;-)
>

I have done it in C. Doing it in Oberon(-2) would be the same, maybe worse
since you cannot return records in Oberon and would have to use pointers.
And readability goes to hell. It is a major pain in the ass.

J.-P.

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