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Implement "number" data type
Implement a Number program type with the following qualities:
- Has a machine-independent representation.
- Is implemented using GMP.
- Is based on the Extended Complex Plane.
how does this integrate with panmorphism? of couse {hello} is like a string, so what will {1} be? it's a program with an operator named 1, so what represents the numeric 1, or vice versa?
Sorry for the late reply. The idea with panmorphism is that the type resides with the operator, not the operand. So {1}, if passed to a operator that interprets operands as numbers, will be interpreted as the number 1. If passed to an operator that interprets operands as strings, will be interpreted as the string "1". The only way it would be interpreted as an operator called 1 would be if it were passed to an operator that treats operands as operators, or if it were dequoted.