- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 09:05:27 -0500
- To: RDF Working Group WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On May 13, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Andy Seaborne wrote: > > > On 13/05/11 14:09, Peter Frederick Patel-Schneider wrote: >> From: Steve Harris<steve.harris@garlik.com> >> Subject: Re: Proposal for ISSUE-12, string literals >> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 07:07:36 -0500 >> >> [...] >> >>> Hesitant -1 to, there are numbers that xsd:double for e.g. can >>> represent, that xsd:decimal doesn't promise to. >> >> Huh? >> >> Did someone change the laws of arithmetic while I wasn't looking? > > xsd:double are IEEE 754-1985 and includes NaN, signed zeros, INF, -INF > > xsd:decimal does not, but can express numbers xsd:double can't because XSD double is 64 bit, fixed format with 52 bits of fractional part. So, Peter, the answer to your question is, Yes. Pat > > Andy > >> >> [...] >> >>> - Steve >> >> peter >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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