sqrt(2) must go

[Marco Leise]

Am 20.10.2011, 02:46 Uhr, schrieb dsimcha <dsimcha at yahoo.com>:

> On 10/19/2011 6:25 PM, Alvaro wrote:
>> El 19/10/2011 20:12, dsimcha escribió:
>>> == Quote from Don (nospam at nospam.com)'s article
>>>> The hack must go.
>>>
>>> No. Something as simple as sqrt(2) must work at all costs, period. A
>>> language
>>> that adds a bunch of silly complications to something this simple is
>>> fundamentally
>>> broken. I don't remember your post on implicit preferred conversions,
>>> but IMHO
>>> implicit conversions of integer to double is a no-brainer. Requiring
>>> something
>>> this simple to be explicit is Java/Pascal-like overkill on  
>>> explicitness.
>>
>> Completely agree.
>>
>> I call that uncluttered programming. No excessive explicitness should be
>> necessary when what you mean is obvious (under some simple conventions).
>> Leads to clearer code.
>>
>
> Yes, and for the most part uncluttered programming is one of D's biggest  
> strengths.  Let's not ruin it by complicating sqrt(2).

What is the compiler to do with sqrt(5_000_000_000) ? It doesn't fit into  
an int, but it fits into a double.