From: MikkelFJ <mikkelj-anti-spam@...1.dknet.dk>
Date: 2001-07-30T08:10:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:18764] Re: Numbers classes.. Rational number? [was: Ruby as opposed to Python?]


"Jean Michel" <jmichel@borel3.institut.math.jussieu.fr> wrote in message
news:9k1m90$4ik$1@borel3.institut.math.jussieu.fr...
> In article <3b645247$0$51737$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk>,
> MikkelFJ <mikkelj-anti-spam@post1.dknet.dk> wrote:

> Unfortunately, interval arithmetic is a nice idea which does not work in
> practice, as  you will discover  asking anybody  who has looked  hard at

Yes this is a major problem. I was under the impression that there had been
some work done to cope with this.

Mikkel