Re: [stella] OT: Programming

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.



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