Enhancement Request - /Integer and /Fraction Refinements for integers an
[1/10] from: al::bri::xtra::co::nz at: 22-Oct-2000 11:52
Enhancement Request
/Integer and /Fraction Refinements for integers and decimals
It would be very nice if Rebol had a /integer and /fraction refinement, like
this:
>> Value: 123.45
== 123.45
>> Value/integer
== 123
>> Value/fraction
== 0.45
:-)
And the equivalent for money! could be called /Dollars and /Cents.
Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169
http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/
[2/10] from: timewarp:sirius at: 21-Oct-2000 18:08
Re: Enhancement Request - /Integer and /Fraction Refinements for integer
Not only is this a good idea, it's a cute one, too.
Cheerfulness,
-----EAT
Andrew Martin wrote:
[3/10] from: christian:ensel:gmx at: 22-Oct-2000 20:35
Hello Andrew,
> And the equivalent for money! could be called /Dollars and /Cents.
Isn't this a bit america-centristric? I'd prefer /Mark and /Pfennig,
or /Euro and /Cent.
And Gabriele would probably prefer /Lira.
Just joking ...
Christian
[Christian--Ensel--GMX--De]
[4/10] from: al:bri:xtra at: 23-Oct-2000 7:54
Christian wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
> > And the equivalent for money! could be called /Dollars and /Cents.
>
> Isn't this a bit America-centristric?
No, no. Just Dollar and Centrist. I'm in New Zealand, where we use the NZ$.
> I'd prefer /Mark and /Pfennig, or /Euro and /Cent. And Gabriele would
probably prefer /Lira.
This sounds like job for system/local/currency ! Where these refinements for
the money! datatype could be set per country!
> Just joking ...
I'm not! :-) I've sent it to [feedback--rebol--com] for consideration.
Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169
http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/
[5/10] from: christian::ensel::gmx::de at: 22-Oct-2000 21:06
Hi Andrew,
> This sounds like job for system/local/currency ! Where these refinements for
> the money! datatype could be set per country!
I didn't take 'system/local/currency into consideration.
You're right, this would be a very, very cool thing.
Regards,
Christian
[Christian--Ensel--GMX--De]
[6/10] from: andyyork:gte at: 22-Oct-2000 15:32
...feel compelled to argue as the devils' advocate here.
system/local/currency! eh?
As it is intended to be WORLD Wide Web it may be in best interests to stick
with the
most widely accepted AND reasonably stable currencies to ever change hands
on this planet,
that being USD. USD IS local currency in many more countries than the US.
Arguably 95%+ of all
ecommerce transactions are in USD. It makes things easy. Banks here in the
US and banks in
Europe I know of tend to charge prohibitive exchange fees for small currency
amounts. There
are no countries I know of where USD cannot be spent rather easily. Should
we ever have a world
dollar it best be green.
For the very small number of people who require alternate currencies working
around a
default should not be that much of a pain.
[7/10] from: jean::holzammer::faedv-n::bayern::de at: 23-Oct-2000 8:25
AW: Re: Enhancement Request - /Integer and /Fraction Refi nements for in
> ...feel compelled to argue as the devils' advocate here.
> system/local/currency! eh?
> As it is intended to be WORLD Wide Web it may be in best interests to
stick
> with the
> most widely accepted AND reasonably stable currencies to ever change hands
<<quoted lines omitted: 4>>
> US and banks in
> Europe I know of tend to charge prohibitive exchange fees for small
currency
> amounts. There
> are no countries I know of where USD cannot be spent rather easily. Should
> we ever have a world
> dollar it best be green.
Do we really have to comment THAT ??!!
Jean
[8/10] from: ingo::2b1::de at: 23-Oct-2000 22:19
Re: AW: Re: Enhancement Request - /Integer and /Fraction Refi nements fo
Once upon a time Holzammer, Jean spoketh thus:
> > ...feel compelled to argue as the devils' advocate here.
> > system/local/currency! eh?
<<quoted lines omitted: 15>>
> Do we really have to comment THAT ??!!
> Jean
Yes, it is valid point, _why_ do we spend so much time on _internationalization_?
Just grep the language spoken by most people, and go ahead with it ... of course
now we all have to learn chinese ;-)
On the other hand, I don't think it's wise to add localization into the language
level. Ever tried to run a german VBA program on an english computer?
Do you know what to expect from value-of-type-money/rin ?
(asking my lexicon I get "japanese money: 1 Yen = 100 sen = 1000 rin")
regards,
Ingo
[9/10] from: brett:codeconscious at: 24-Oct-2000 19:40
> Yes, it is valid point
Ingo! It wasn't a point - it was noise on the line.
>, _why_ do we spend so much time on _internationalization_?
To reach the largest audience.
> Just grep the language spoken by most people, and go ahead with it ... of
course
> now we all have to learn chinese ;-)
It would be interesting to see the effectiveness of Rebol dialects on
translation of information from one written language to another.
Brett.
(Hoping for static free messages).
[10/10] from: ingo:2b1 at: 24-Oct-2000 20:52
Hi Brett,
I'm sorry, this part of the mail really wasn't meant
to be taken seriously, maybe I haven't expressed myself
clearly.
regards,
Ingo
Once upon a time Brett Handley spoketh thus:
> > Yes, it is valid point
> Ingo! It wasn't a point - it was noise on the line.
<<quoted lines omitted: 5>>
> It would be interesting to see the effectiveness of Rebol dialects on
> translation of information from one written language to another.
Yup.
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