Re: Bad Math

Patrick Rutkowski said unto the world upon 02/07/2005 09:25: > On 7/2/05, Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Patrick Rutkowski said unto the world upon 02/07/2005 00:12: >> >>>That's... annoying, to say the least. And my number 4/5 was a rational >>>number too; I can understand how

Re: Bad Math

On 7/2/05, Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick Rutkowski said unto the world upon 02/07/2005 00:12: > > That's... annoying, to say the least. And my number 4/5 was a rational > > number too; I can understand how when doing 1/3 things can get funky. > > Really though... 4/5 = 0.

Re: Bad Math

Patrick Rutkowski said unto the world upon 01/07/2005 23:56: > I started reading a python book today, one example was: > > 4 / (2.0 + 3) > > 0.8 > > My input/output was: > > 4 (2.0 + 3) > > 0.80004 > > Something smells fishy here... whats up? > > --python 2.4.1

Re: Bad Math

Patrick Rutkowski wrote: > I started reading a python book today, one example was: > 4 / (2.0 + 3) > > 0.8 Must be an old book. > My input/output was: > 4 (2.0 + 3) > > 0.80004 This is correct. > Something smells fishy here... whats up? > > --python 2.4.1 http://docs.p

Bad Math

I started reading a python book today, one example was: >>> 4 / (2.0 + 3) 0.8 My input/output was: >>> 4 (2.0 + 3) 0.80004 Something smells fishy here... whats up? --python 2.4.1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list