On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Dimitry Sibiryakov <s...@ibphoenix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Way to nowhere. No matter how long new datatype is, 1/3 won't be
> precise.
>
1/3 is precise in base 6, though of course 1/5 isn't. And frankly, double
precision
doesn't help much either since it can't represent 1/3 (base 10) precisely.
3fd5 5555 5555 555516 ≈ 1/3
Sorry, I'm getting into angels on the head of a pin mode.
Cheers,
Ann
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