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A comment on Fractran: Computer architecture based on the multiplication of fractions.

Re:Fractran: Computer architecture based on the multiplicati... by Animats on Monday September 16, 2024 @01:45PM (#41558573)
Rational arithmetic machines have their uses. SAT solvers tend to have one inside. That's because rational arithmetic is closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Re:Fractran: Computer architecture based on the multiplicati... by eigenket on Monday September 16, 2024 @01:53PM (#41558665)
> That's because rational arithmetic is closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Unless you divide by zero I guess

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