John Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Users love such a number system because it is natural and works like the > Arithmetic they learned in Grade School. > > I find the idea of dividing two integers stored in binary form and > getting a gratuitous conversion to floating point ugly and potentially > very annoying.
I admit that it has been 4 decades since I was in grade school, but back in the 60's we were taught that 5/2 is 2.5. Are they teaching something different now? Or have I misunderstood the comment? -- D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
