1210 / 100 = 12? what?

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Stefan Schmiedl [mailto:s@xss.de] expounded:

and ideally we’d all use machines smart enough to implement
mathematical concepts like sqrt(2) exactly,

that is why there is science (and now computers) -it gives us the illusion
of exactness :slight_smile:

not only approximately.

0 is not a close approximation of 1/2 (read one divided by two). At least
it does not approximate what is on my mind :slight_smile: That is why one proposed the
use of "" for integer division. To a toddler, I would explain that “1
cannot be divided by 2” but not zero [1] :wink:

I was just thinking if we could get loose fr the “1.0/2” (dot-zero-required)
grip w/c has plague langs since fortran to c/c++.

s.

kind regards
-botp

[1] botp’s a toddler :slight_smile:

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I remember a long time ago using a language which had 'div' and 'mod' as
integer operators, leaving '/' for floating-point division. Pascal maybe?

But anyway, the result of dividing two integers is not a float - it's a rat
:slight_smile:

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On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 04:11:19PM +0900, "Pe?a, Botp" wrote:

0 is not a _close_ approximation of 1/2 (read one divided by two). At least
it does not approximate what is on my mind :slight_smile: That is why one proposed the
use of "\" for _integer_ division. To a toddler, I would explain that "1
cannot be divided by 2" but not zero [1] :wink:

I was just thinking if we could get loose fr the "1.0/2" (dot-zero-required)
grip w/c has plague langs since fortran to c/c++.