Re: Abolish Fractions?

On Jan 31, 4:03 am, Tim Little <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
[snip]
I do see part of the point.  There's a reason why virtually no
programming languages make any provision for dealing with rationals.

Um. A fairly common homework assignment learning
the C++ language is to write a class that does
rational number math. Add, subtract, multiply,
and divide. Lots of fun. Had to remember my
grade school stuff to remember the algorithm for
getting a common denominator.
Socks
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