Subject: Re: [stella] OT: Programming From: "Clay Halliwell" <clay.h@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:25:12 -0500 |
> There are certain things you need to know no matter WHAT kind > of programming you are doing. For example, no computer has > ever been built that can represent a real number. Ummm... don't you mean a real fraction? Last time I checked, integers aren't imaginary. :) Aren't there some languages that actually internally represent fractions as, well... fractions? In any case, if a computer hasn't been built that can represent them, then a mathematical system hasn't been built that can represent them either. - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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