--- David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I never claimed to be a math whiz, but wouldn't ie > be impossible to > reach > > zero my dividing any number repeately by 50%? > Granted, you can end up > > with a lot of numbers to the right of the decimal > point, and the > result > > gets ahrd to understand - worse: is > counter-intuitive. >
Thats true for your actual real numbers. However when dealing with the limited precesion numbers used in computers, you get to the stage where there are no lower significant bits left and you get underflow.... > Zeno's Paradox. Totally intuitive, but wrong. 8-) > > After all, 1+1=3 for sufficiently large values of 1. > > > -- db > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
