Frederick Cheung wrote in post #970500: > On Dec 24, 2:39pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Dec 24, 2:21pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Which still doesn't allow you to store all numbers with arbitrary >> precision (in fact putting my mathematical hat on, most numbers can't >> be stored like this). You'll have to deal with numerical error >> eventually > > Talking slight bollocks. I meant that you can't store with infinite > precision, ie you'll always be liable for some error.
Of course. You know a better way? Should we just store everything as Rational? > > Fred Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] Sent from my iPhone -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
