From: Junkone <junkone1@...>
Date: 2008-02-09T01:24:58+09:00
Subject: Re: how can 1/100=0

On Feb 8, 11:09 am, Paolo Bonzini <bonz...@gnu.org> wrote:
> On Feb 8, 5:06 pm, Junkone <junko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > cannot belive my eyes. how can 1/100 be equal to 0.
> > E:\Documents and Settings\Roasty>irb
> > irb(main):001:0> TRAILING_STOP=1/100
> > => 0
> > irb(main):002:0> TRAILING_STOP
> > => 0
> > irb(main):003:0>
>
> in what languages it isn't?
>
> $ python
> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 12 2007, 11:15:25)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> 1/100
>
> 0
>
> (and C too, though I won't write the program here).
>
> anyway, you can have 1/100 return a rational:
>
> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'mathn'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> 1/100
> => 1/100
> irb(main):003:0> (1/100).denominator
> => 100
>
> Paolo

should 1/100=.01 ????