From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-11-23T01:13:47+09:00
Subject: Re: really crazy about this (do/while)

David Masover wrote:
[...]
> So my compromise is, when I want to work with some fraction of a number, 
> and I
> want it to be as precise as possible (with no regard for performance), I 
> make
> it a Rational as long as I can get away with. I can always call to_f on 
> the
> end result.
> 
> I might be Doing It Wrong, though. Maybe BigDecimal is the way to go?

I think it is. Rational makes sense if you're starting from an integer 
division.  But the OP is starting from a float (98.3), so BigDecimal is 
probably the way to go.

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