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Re:What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-... by account42 on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:12AM (#23678321)
So are you saying that ⅓ has a finite presentation in decimal? Finite binary rationals ⊋ finite binary numbers.
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Re:What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-... by DarkWiiPlayer on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:06AM (#23712706)
> So are you saying that ⅓ has a finite presentation in decimal?

Yes: ⅓

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