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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by klibertp on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:33PM (#14249186)
Are you sure random people are going to recognize "3/4" notation? It could be different for "3 ÷ 4", but I think "3/4" is not widely used outside of programming?
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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by archgoon on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:46PM (#14249320)
Have you ever looked at a cookbook?

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/how-to-cook/how-to-cut-do...

Taken a drive?

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4149/5174138836_6603010a7d_b.j...

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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by int_19h on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @07:35PM (#14251695)
It is a country-specific convention. What's written as e.g. ½ in US would be more commonly written with a horizontal dividing line in many other places, or simply as 0.5. Similarly, 2.5 instead of 2½ etc.
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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by klibertp on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:58PM (#14249466)
No, I didn't... At least, not in English. Good to know, thanks.
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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by omaranto on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @06:42PM (#14251329)
It's used outside of programming in, say, mathematics. :)
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