Comment on Will Wall Street require Python?Comments−malkia16yI would only consider a language with built-in big rational numbers.−ableal16yhttp://docs.python.org/library/decimal.html−JeremyBanks16yThat's not rational, this is: http://docs.python.org/library/fractions.html−ableal16yYou're right (and thanks, hadn't seen that 'novelty' yet).My reply was more in the vein "what you probably need, not exactly what you asked" - these not strictly 'built-in' either.(That could be a bad idea, cf. second and last items of the Zen [python -c "import this"]).−eru16yWhy built-in? Good library support (and bearable syntax) should be sufficient.
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I would only consider a language with built-in big rational numbers.
http://docs.python.org/library/decimal.html
That's not rational, this is: http://docs.python.org/library/fractions.html
You're right (and thanks, hadn't seen that 'novelty' yet).
My reply was more in the vein "what you probably need, not exactly what you asked" - these not strictly 'built-in' either.
(That could be a bad idea, cf. second and last items of the Zen [python -c "import this"]).
Why built-in? Good library support (and bearable syntax) should be sufficient.