In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Facundo Batista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: |> Noud Aldenhoven wrote: |> |> > There are a (small) couple of other issues where rational numbers could be |> > handy. That's because rational numbers are exact, irrational numbers (in |> > python) aren't. But these issues are probably too mathematical to be used in |> |> For the sake of me being less ignorant, could you please point me a |> language where irrational numbers are exact?
Some of the algebraic languages. (2/3)^(1/5) is held as such and manipulated appropriately. Yes, I know that's "cheating" :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
