On Mar 6, 8:06 pm, David Sletten <da...@bosatsu.net> wrote: > It comes as no surprise that certain numbers cannot be represented by > a finite string of decimal digits. We all realize that 1/3 = > 0.3333..., and the "..." part is critical. Take it away and the > equality goes away too. In other words, if that string of 3's stops, > then we don't have 1/3 anymore. > ...
That was about the kindest, friendliest introduction to floating-point arithmetic I've ever seen -- great job! mfh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
