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From: carlton@husc8.harvard.edu (david carlton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme.c
Subject: a question about exactness
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Date: 1 Nov 90 20:18:46 GMT
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isn't this:

(exact? (exact->inexact 4))
;Value: #T

against the standard?

david carlton
carlton@husc8.harvard.edu

(i'm running

Scheme Microcode Version 10.86
MIT Scheme, unix [bsd] version

Scheme saved on Wednesday September 12, 1990 at 3:00:28 PM
  Release 7.0.0 (beta)
  Microcode 10.86
  Runtime 14.46
  SF 4.8

on a decstation 5000 running ultrix 4.0)