Sujet : Re: evolution of bytes, The joy of FORTRAN
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 03. Mar 2025, 20:16:16
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On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 06:54:31 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
Some fractions that are exact in decimal are only approximate in binary.
In second grade or whenever fractions are introduced one of the exercises
was drawing lines to slice a pie into the required fractions. Trying to
cut a pie into thirds upset me because it was so arbitrary compared to
halves, quarters, etc.