Le 29 avr. 2010 à 05:49, Michael Ash a écrit : > Actually, while there are finite decimal numbers with no finite binary > representation, the reverse is not true. Every binary number can be > represented by a finite number of decimal digits. I believe this is > because 2 is a factor of 10. To prove it to yourself, just take
True. For example, if we were to use trinary numbers, 0.1 would equal to 1/3, which has no finite decimal representation. So, thanks Nature for having given us 10 fingers and not 9 or worse 11. Vincent_______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
