Frank Atanassow wrote (on 22-10-02 15:08 +0200): > Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote (on 22-10-02 13:05 +0200): > > What do you think, what > > is the Rational form of 2.3 ? (GHCi says 23/10). > > > > The answer is: > > > > 2589569785738035 % 1125899906842624 > > Er, why? > > Because 2.3 is not representable using a double precision float or something?
Oh, sorry. I understand Jerzy to be saying that that big long fraction was the result that he _wanted_, but instead the opposite seems to be true. That explains things. :) -- Frank _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
