How about adding rational fraction to Python?
Paul Rubin
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Thu Feb 28 18:15:23 EST 2008
Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> writes:
> > Calculating machines that handled
> > floating point are older than Python by far.
>
> Yes, and they almost universally give the result 1/2 -> 0.5.
Can you name an example of a calculating machine that both:
1) represents the integer 1 and the real number 1.0 as distinct objects;
and
2) says 1/2 = 0.5 ?
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