[aplusdev] Primitive function Deal?

[Alexander Skomorokhov]

Hi Jon,

> I tried your Deal examples on our internal version of A+,
> and everything worked fine-- no errors.  But then I tried
> them on our distributed CD version, and Oh my!  You are
Good (bad in general, but at least reproducible "bad":-). 
Thanks for trying CD version.

> "Restricted whole number" is just a broader definition of
> integer.  We tend to mix up two ideas when we speak of
> integers:  Sometimes we mean numbers that have no fractional
> part, and sometimes we mean that the data type is actually
> integer.  For example, "2.0" and 2147483648 are whole numbers,
> but they are represented as floating point numbers within A+.
> So, the original writer of the A+ manuals (Don Orth) was a
> bit more precise with those terms.  For functions which

Hmm... I think this "precise" definition leads to misunderstanding.
(When I met my error and first went to a manual I first thought that for
some crazy reason integers were restricted up to 16:-)))
You know, in all computer books (I ever seen) 2 is considered as
an integer and 2.0 is a flouting point number. Anyway, I am happy that
it's all about "restriction". Thanks.

Sasha.