[REBOL] floating point numbers Re:

[jeff]

           Howdy M&F:
 
> While doing the   Julian script I  had  some  problems with
> floating point numbers.
> 
> 1) Why the  return of a // (modulus)  operation is a float?
> The returned value cannot be used directly in a switch form
> unless it is converted to an integer.

  My copy of REBOL doesn't do that:

  type? 1 // 100'000'000
  == integer!

  Unless I do a:

  type? 1 // 1.0
  == decimal!


  -jeff