That's because ratios are intended to get you arbitrary precision. That would not work so well if they used Longs for their numerator and denominator.
On 29 March 2013 14:11, Peter Mancini <[email protected]> wrote: > (class 1) java.lang.Long ;check! > (class (* (/ 1 255) 254)) clojure.lang.Ratio ;check! > (class (* (/ 1 255) 255)) clojure.lang.BigInt ;WAT? > > Should not example 3 and example 1 end up the same? (Noob question, I know, > but this didn't make sense to me and I thought I was doing something wrong > when I saw 1N coming back.) > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
