2012/1/27 Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected]>: > > On 27 Jan 2012, at 11:08, Norbert Hartl wrote: > > I think I've found a bug. Mine ends with > > ... > > 990991992993994995996997999000s3000 > > You can see after 997 there is 999. :) > > > Yeah, the decimals printed in blocks look like this: > > 000001002003004005006007008009 > 010011012013014015016017018019 > 020021022023024025026027028029 > 030031032033034035036037038039 > 040041042043044045046047048049 > 050051052053054055056057058059 > 060061062063064065066067068069 > 070071072073074075076077078079 > 080081082083084085086087088089 > 090091092093094095096097098099 > 100101102103104105106107108109 > 110111112113114115116117118119 > 120121122123124125126127128129 > 130131132133134135136137138139 > 140141142143144145146147148149 > 150151152153154155156157158159 > 160161162163164165166167168169 > 170171172173174175176177178179 > 180181182183184185186187188189 > 190191192193194195196197198199 > 200201202203204205206207208209 > 210211212213214215216217218219 > 220221222223224225226227228229 > 230231232233234235236237238239 > 240241242243244245246247248249 > 250251252253254255256257258259 > 260261262263264265266267268269 > 270271272273274275276277278279 > 280281282283284285286287288289 > 290291292293294295296297298299 > 300301302303304305306307308309 > 310311312313314315316317318319 > 320321322323324325326327328329 > 330331332333334335336337338339 > 340341342343344345346347348349 > 350351352353354355356357358359 > 360361362363364365366367368369 > 370371372373374375376377378379 > 380381382383384385386387388389 > 390391392393394395396397398399 > 400401402403404405406407408409 > 410411412413414415416417418419 > 420421422423424425426427428429 > 430431432433434435436437438439 > 440441442443444445446447448449 > 450451452453454455456457458459 > 460461462463464465466467468469 > 470471472473474475476477478479 > 480481482483484485486487488489 > 490491492493494495496497498499 > 500501502503504505506507508509 > 510511512513514515516517518519 > 520521522523524525526527528529 > 530531532533534535536537538539 > 540541542543544545546547548549 > 550551552553554555556557558559 > 560561562563564565566567568569 > 570571572573574575576577578579 > 580581582583584585586587588589 > 590591592593594595596597598599 > 600601602603604605606607608609 > 610611612613614615616617618619 > 620621622623624625626627628629 > 630631632633634635636637638639 > 640641642643644645646647648649 > 650651652653654655656657658659 > 660661662663664665666667668669 > 670671672673674675676677678679 > 680681682683684685686687688689 > 690691692693694695696697698699 > 700701702703704705706707708709 > 710711712713714715716717718719 > 720721722723724725726727728729 > 730731732733734735736737738739 > 740741742743744745746747748749 > 750751752753754755756757758759 > 760761762763764765766767768769 > 770771772773774775776777778779 > 780781782783784785786787788789 > 790791792793794795796797798799 > 800801802803804805806807808809 > 810811812813814815816817818819 > 820821822823824825826827828829 > 830831832833834835836837838839 > 840841842843844845846847848849 > 850851852853854855856857858859 > 860861862863864865866867868869 > 870871872873874875876877878879 > 880881882883884885886887888889 > 890891892893894895896897898899 > 900901902903904905906907908909 > 910911912913914915916917918919 > 920921922923924925926927928929 > 930931932933934935936937938939 > 940941942943944945946947948949 > 950951952953954955956957958959 > 960961962963964965966967968969 > 970971972973974975976977978979 > 980981982983984985986987988989 > 990991992993994995996997999000 > > So, yes it seems the end has a problem. > > I think we will have to ask our math genius in residence, Nicolas, to > explain this ;-) > > Sven Alas, finding maths amusing is not enough to make a genius. It's just a pinch of salt. You can read the blog and try by yourself which fraction lead to this tail
tail := ((0 to: 99) inject: '' writeStream into: [:s :n | n printOn: s base: base length: 2 padded: true. s]) contents. It won't be that short a Fraction. Nicolas
