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The 0.8181818181... Truth Movement

Phil Carmody thefatphil_demunged at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Dec 22 19:04:08 EST 2007 
Dustan <DustanGroups at gmail.com> writes:
> On Dec 22, 8:20 am, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demun... at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > On 1117th December 2004, Dustan <DustanGro... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Look at the list of groups. Python's the only language in there.
> > > Python uses double precision. Period.
> >
> > But Professor Checkman was evidently interested in decimals, so
> > surely this is more relevant:
> >
> > >>> from decimal import *
> > >>> Decimal('9')/Decimal('11')
> >
> > Decimal("0.8181818181818181818181818182")
> >
> > That's not double precision. So evidently Python uses more
> > than just double precision. So your above absolute statement
> > is either wrong or misleading. Period.
> 
> I stand corrected. Sort of. Not really. Python's built-in types remain
> limited to doubles. Misleading, maybe.

Don't worry, I was only pulling your leg. 

> > > Of course, I could also have said that 9/11==0. Would you have figured
> > > out what I was talking about then?
> >
> > Odd, it appears that you joined the thread after the good
> > professor did. Therefore it is you who should be trying to
> > figure out what _he_ was saying, not the other way round.
> 
> Yeah, because what he was saying was very cryptic.

Not compared to half of the nonsense I write :-)

Seasons greetings,
Phil
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