1/2 evaluates to 0

[Aage Andersen (REMOVE)]

"Laurent Claessens" <moky.math at gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse 
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> Hi all
>
>
> This is well known :
>
> >>> 1/2
> 0
>
> This is because the division is an "integer division".
>
> My question is : how can I evaluate 1/2 to 0.5 ? Is there some non integer 
> division operator ?
> Up to now I workarounded writing float(1)/2. Is there an other way ?

what about 1.0/2 ?