From: Andrew Duncan Date: 2010-06-08T08:59:16+09:00 Subject: Re: Complex numbers contradiction? As a mathematician, and compiler writer for the last twenty years or so, I am aware of that. Joel VanderWerf wrote: > Andrew Duncan wrote: >> But (as I now learn as I delve further into canonical Ruby syntax) it is >> a "feature" that 5/2 evaluates to 2 and not 2.5. So something of the >> sort is happening here. > > Many languages, including C, do integer division that way. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.