Comment Comment by MathMonkeyMan Yep, the [numerical tower][1].Python's int is a bignum, but in Scheme you even have rationals built in. There's a notion of which numeric values are "exact" and which ones are "inexact" (i.e. floating point).[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_tower parent MathMonkeyMan 2 years ago
Python's int is a bignum, but in Scheme you even have rationals built in. There's a notion of which numeric values are "exact" and which ones are "inexact" (i.e. floating point).
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_tower