First cut at a Windows installer (was Re: Windows build)

[Brian Rice]

On Jan 31, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Fredrik Johansson wrote:

> On 1/31/06, Brian Rice <water at tunes.org> wrote:
>> Try this: http://slate.tunes.org/downloads/SlateSetup.exe
>
> Thanks. My plan now is to learn Slate by implementing some
> mathematical routines (number theory, polynomials, etc). Perhaps some
> of it will be eligible for the standard library, but don't hold your
> breath for results.

Cool. There is src/contrib/ or src/unfinished/ which we can use to  
store/version random snippets if you don't feel like maintaining a  
full library.

> I mostly like Slate's numeric model, but one thing bugs me: that
> floating-point numbers are single-precision by default (and right now
> the only choice if I'm reading the documentation correctly). Double
> precision makes life a lot easier, and the performance penalty is
> negligible in most applications.

Agreed. Double-precision is actually supported for the FFI, and a  
double-precision extension for the VM might be possible sometime  
soon. It just hasn't been a priority yet.

--
-Brian
http://tunes.org/~water/brice.vcf

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