"Roel Schroeven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Notwithstanding my other mail, it might be better to use another
> term.
> Alan, you already use the name 'floating point numbers' in that
> section;
I did consider that but since some programming languages specifically
have a "Real" type(Pascal, Mo
"Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> "Real Numbers". The first sentence, "These are fractions" is
> technically incorrect, but incomplete.
Yep, I thought I'd changed that following a discussion
with Dick Moores about the same section.
> While it's true that fractions (i.e. rational
Carroll, Barry schreef:
> In "Learning to Program", look at "The Raw Materials", "Real
> Numbers". The first sentence, "These are fractions" is technically
> incorrect, but incomplete. While it's true that fractions (i.e.
> rational numbers) are real numbers, there are far more real numbers
> tha
Carroll, Barry schreef:
> Alan:
>
> This is arguably a minor detail, and not directly related to Python
> but, hey, I'm a programmer. Minor details are my stock in trade. So
> here goes.
>
> In "Learning to Program", look at "The Raw Materials", "Real
> Numbers". The first sentence, "These are
Alan:
This is arguably a minor detail, and not directly related to Python but, hey,
I'm a programmer. Minor details are my stock in trade. So here goes.
In "Learning to Program", look at "The Raw Materials", "Real Numbers". The
first sentence, "These are fractions" is technically incorrect
