On Feb 26, 9:47 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:43:56 -0500, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: > > Integer division means integer result to me in a very real sense. > > So, when you have five children over for a birthday party, and one cake, > do you say "Sorry kids, no cake for you: one cake divided by five is > zero"? > > Of course you do, you big meanie. I think you catered for my 12th > birthday party.
Whereas I bet you would be able to share the cake equally and each child would get 0.20000000000000001 of a cake :) Or perhaps it would be better to have 2**n guests... Or maybe one should think of the cake as 1.0 cake, as experience shows that cakes can be cut... -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list