Dilwyn Jones wrote > Last time Floating Point Theory came up in my case was a few years ago > when my son threw one of my (at the time numerous) calculators down a > toilet...Point was it didn't Float ;-) > > Not quite sure why he did it, he was only about 2 years old at the > time and doesn't remember it now! > You son would do fine here (in France). My son has just taken his French essay paper for the baccalauriat. This year the French paper has "Calculators not allowed for this paper" in big letters on the front - apparently French schoolchildren (sorry - young adult students) are all at sea without a calculator.
Tony Tebby
