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Re: Reasons (not) to vote Motion 27: NO

Yes.

On 08/18/2011 11:04 AM, Nate Hayes wrote:

Baker Kearfott wrote:

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An interval class library (or even an interval processor) is going to want
to implement sqrt(x) as an operation in such a way that the decoration does
not depend on y.

On the other hand, the addition operation receives the decorations of
sqrt(x) and y as input, so this would be the natural place to consider the
effect of those decorations on the final result.

Of course, the user may choose to explicitly set the decorations of x and y
before evaluating z to achieve some desired result; but in my view this
shouldn't be required to obtain correct and/or meaningful decorations
for z.

Nate




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