123.3 + 0.1 is 123.3999999999 ?

[Erik Max Francis]

Tony Meyer wrote:

> Actually, a rational number can be expressed as a pair of _rational_
> numbers as well, ...

Sure, but that's only because it's easy do decompose a valid (i.e., no
division by zero) ratio of rational numbers into a ratio of integers.

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