On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:51 PM, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> >> There is special-purpose software out there that can compute exactly >> with rational numbers, but you aren't likely to find it embedded in any >> general-purpose tools like databases --- the use-case just isn't wide >> enough. One reason why not is that it'll still fall down on irrational >> numbers. >> > > > <nit> > > 1/3 is a rational number. however, it is a repeating fraction when > expressed in decimal. > > </nit>
That's true. Nobody said otherwise. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
