From: bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com   
      
   lican  writes:   
      
   > If you don't like the float I can make it double or even long double.   
   > That really doesn't matter right now. I'll get to that while   
   > implementing operators in the VM.   
   >   
   > And please do remember that this is meant to be a scripting language   
   > with dynamic typing, running on a VM.   
      
   Does "scripting language" mean "efficiency does not matter much"?   
   If so, then why bother with floating point?  Why not use exact   
   rational arithmetic instead?   
      
   - Bob   
      
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