From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-11-18T10:35:16+09:00
Subject: Re: How to avoid Fixnum rounding error

Stefan Rusterholz wrote:
> Jari Williamsson wrote:
>> Which is the best approach to avoid division rounding errors when
>> performing integer division with a Fixnum? Is there any built-in method
>> for this?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jari Williamsson
> 
> Since nobody brought it up so far: 5.quo(2) # => 2.5, If you required 
> Rational it will be Rational(5,2).
> 
> Regards,
> Stefan

I don't really like the "Rational(5,2)" notation when "Mathn" will give 
you "5/2".