Post #1782131
2026-04-27 17:07 UTC
@simon_brooke wrote:
«... SBCL does not do this:
CL-USER[1]: (expt 1/2 3/4)
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What is it that SBCL does not do here?
Note that 1/2 to the power of 3/4 is an (algebraic) irrational number, so the value can only be a floating-point number in a Common Lisp implementation without rather fancy extensions.
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot 2026-04-27 17:52
@vnikolov @screwlisp yes, I'm not attempting to build a common Lisp. I'm much too elitist for that!