Re: Solution to 7 over sqr(71) time against integer polyrhythms

[Carl Sorensen]

On 11/17/16 7:21 PM, "mclaren" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>The deceptive Lilypond code shown above that prints those fake tuplets is
>truly contemptible because it doesn't address the real issue.  The real
>issue is that Lilypond doesn't allow nested tuplets beyond very small
>values
>of tuplets (like 4:3, 7:5, etc.) for reasons having to do with internal
>integer limits on calculations in Lilypond.  Now, that truly is
>ridiculous.
>We're dealing with modern computers with 4 or 8 or 16 gigs of RAM or more,
>multi-core CPUs with full floating point units in hardware, and hard
>drives
>with terabytes of storage. And you're telling me all this computing power
>is
>incapable of calculating an approximation to .99^10 or .99^20 or .99^50?
>You're telling me that that approximation of .99^50 can't be turned into
>an
>integer with some negligible error in the approximation? Please.

I'm telling you I don't know how to do it.  You claim it should be easy
for you.

As I said before, patches would certainly be appreciated.

Thanks,

Carl