Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Christopher Smith wrote: >.. >> And of course his problem with "knowing" that a binary calculator >> cannot represent 0.1 exactly, fails to recognize the capabilities of >> calculators that maintain internal results as rational numbers > > None that I am aware of as still being in production do this.
Out of curiosity, how do the current crop of calculators deal with (eg) "representing 0.1" exactly? Do they use different representations in different ranges? (seems unlikely to really work), or do they maybe recognize & distinguish rationals? What magic lurks within? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
