On Sun, Mar 16, 2014, Ted Harding wrote: > In this reply, I would like to comment on my principal need for > replacing integer arithmetic...
Your description of the hoops you have to jump through to get groff/eqn to perform in what, sadly, is still a suboptimal manner was terrific. I couldn't decide whether to laugh with recognition or cry in sympathy. Groff throws a *lot* of curves like that at users, particularly macro writers. The problem extends beyond the simply incorrect computation .nr temp 7/3 --> \n[temp]=2 (sorry, Johnny, no gold star today; you'd better go back and read up on division) to requests that behave in such an off-puttingly counter-intuitive manner they actively discourage the adoption of groff. Addressing what a friend of mine once called "groff's sack of gotchas" is vitally important if groff is to have an active future. -- Peter Schaffter http://www.schaffter.ca
