21 Dec
2005
21 Dec
'05
1:16 p.m.
Sigh... never fails. Spend an hour trying to solve a problem, and a minute after you write to the list you find the solution. I need brackets around sqrt. I'm surprised though. I don't understand why it dosn't work without brackets.
because "x y z" parses as "(x y) z", so "round sqrt 2" parses as "(round sqrt) 2" and "round sqrt" doesn't make sense. "x(y)" doesn't mean necessarily "apply y to x" as it does in C. parens only are used as they are in math to separate stuff. -- Hal Daume III | hdaume@isi.edu "Arrest this man, he talks in maths." | www.isi.edu/~hdaume