Andreas Raab wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Just had an interesting discussion with Dean (over on e-Lang) about integer
> division semantics. He pointed out (and I agree) that most people tend to
> find it it confusing that "3/4" results in a fraction rather than coercing
> to Float by default.
> 
> My questions: What do you think about this issue? Are you personally
> surprised if you get a fraction back? Has it bitten you in unexpected
> places? Have you actually ever had the need for coercing to fractions
> instead of floats? Can you think of "typical" applications that would be
> harmed by coercing to floats?
> 
> Thanks for any info you can share.
> 
I'v mostly been bitten by fractions in points. Points do not like
fractions: why ?
It would be nice if classes that don't like fractions would convert the 
fraction to float or integers as needed, and not bug the user about 
this kind of stuff.

Karl