I’m sure any system would not attempt to parse an infinite number of decimal places. The turtle would probably be placed at 1.41421356237 pixels. If you want to try more accurately than that, here’s the first million decimal places:
https://apod.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/sqrt2.1mil > On Jan 31, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > If sqrt(2) is a bonkers number does anyone know how LOGO manages this? > > Richmond. > > On 1/31/17 5:36 pm, hh via use-livecode wrote: >>> Richmond wrote: >>> The problem is that (as far as I am aware) LiveCode cannot >>> move objects for fractions of pixels. >> Even if it could, this would be not enough, because sqrt(2) >> is an irrational number ;-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
