<br><font size=2><tt>Hi Andréas,</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">>He pointed out (and I agree) that most people tend to</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">>find it it confusing that "3/4" results in a fraction rather than coercing</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">>to Float by default.</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt> I tend to agree with John Sarkela on this.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt> Limited precision binary floating point numbers have some</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> nice properties (i.e. fixed size representation, large</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> dynamic range, fast hardware implemenations, etc), but they have</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> their ugly side as well (inexact represenation of some</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> results like 1 / 3). I think the only reason "most people"</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> consider floats to be more natural is because they've grown</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> up with computers that don't favor supporting fractions.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt> BTW, do they even still teach things like fractions and long</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> division in grade school?</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt> -Dean</tt></font>
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