Fixnum and Flonum Operations (MIT/GNU Scheme 12.1)

Next: Random Number Generation, Previous: Bit operations, Up: Numbers [Contents][Index]

### 4.8 Fixnum and Flonum Operations

This section describes numerical operations that are restricted forms of the operations described above. These operations are useful because they compile very efficiently. However, care should be exercised: if used improperly, these operations can return incorrect answers, or even malformed objects that confuse the garbage collector.