Motion 36.03: Flavors No

[Ulrich Kulisch <ulrich.kulisch@xxxxxxx>]

My vote on motion 36.03 is No.

I would vote Yes if the number of flavours and the time for presenting a flavour would be limited.

 

Rationale:

What the scientific computing community primarily expects from P1788 is a standard on set based intervals, i.e., on closed (bounded and unbounded) real intervals of IR and \overline{IR}. I appreciate the goal keeping the standard open for possible extensions. But there is no need keeping it open for all kinds of (exotic) extensions.

 

Flavours on unbounded intervals, on wrap around intervals, or on cset intervals would seriously devaluate the set based part of the standard on which agreement is already available.

 

The only sensible extension many P1788 members see is Kaucher/modal arithmetic. If their proponents do not present a simple and acceptable motion until the end of this year IEEE P1788 should be finished without it immediately.

Ulrich Kulisch

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