Search found 9 matches
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:30 am
- Forum: BASIC programs
- Topic: A Vulgar Little Library
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2360
Re: A Vulgar Little Library
I have added more functionality to the library again, and have edited the first post in this thread to reflect these changes.
- Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:35 pm
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Large values of X in RND(X)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1455
Re: Large values of X in RND(X)
Thank you.
- Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:42 pm
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Large values of X in RND(X)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1455
Large values of X in RND(X)
Am I correct in thinking that RND(X) will not return a result larger than 2^31-1, even if X>2^31-1?
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:28 pm
- Forum: BASIC programs
- Topic: A Vulgar Little Library
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2360
Re: A Vulgar Little Library
I have added more functionality to the library, and have edited the first post in this thread to reflect these changes.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:08 am
- Forum: BASIC programs
- Topic: A Vulgar Little Library
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2360
Re: A Vulgar Little Library
Good catch. I have fixed it.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:42 am
- Forum: BASIC programs
- Topic: A Vulgar Little Library
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2360
A Vulgar Little Library
Update 2 (final update) Added random numbers and tidied up code and glossary. This will be the final update until I understand Gosper's Algorithm, which, considering its complexity, may be never. When and if I do understand it, this code will be superseded by a complete rewrite. Gosper: http://perl...
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:29 am
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Value of MAXINT?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1640
Re: Value of MAXINT?
Thank you. That was what I thought, but I wanted to be certain.
- Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:04 pm
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Value of MAXINT?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1640
Value of MAXINT?
I see from the manual (thanks to @Dutchman) that Smart BASIC uses standard 64-bit floating point numbers in 1-11-52 bit patterns for sign-power-mantissa parts. Can I infer from this that any integer with an absolute value smaller than 2^52 will be represented exactly, without rounding, and that if I...
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:28 pm
- Forum: BASIC programs
- Topic: Turtle graphics library
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1635
Turtle graphics library
Hi - my first posting. I got Smart BASIC yesterday and have written a little Turtle Graphics library. It's been about 25 years since I wrote any code, so I will welcome any suggestions or observations about it. Gordon ----- Turtle Graphics --- The turtle in this implementation is invisible. The turt...