A slight tangent, is there anyway to represent exact square roots? I'd like to have an exact closed form fibonacci function.
On Oct 13, 1:28 pm, David Sletten <da...@bosatsu.net> wrote: > On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Brian Hurt wrote: > > > For example, in base 10, 1/3 * 3 = 0.99999... > > It may seem counterintuitive, but that statement is perfectly true. > 1 = 0.9999... > > That's a good test of how well you understand infinity. > > Of course, the problem arises when we truncate the string of 9's, which we > must invariably do in a computer-based representation. > > Have all good days, > David Sletten -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
