On Feb 24, 12:32 pm, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 18, 1:25 pm, Carl Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 1:45 pm, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Any iteration with repeated divisions and additions can thus run the > > > > denominators up. This sort of calculation is pretty common (examples: > > > > compound interest, numerical integration). > > > > Wrong. Addition and subtraction would only grow the denominator up to > > > a certain limit > > > I said repeated additions and divisions. > > Repeated Addition and subtraction can't make fractions grow > infinitely, only multiplication and division could.
What part of "repeated additions and divisions" don't you understand? Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
