From: Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@...>
Date: 2010-06-08T11:48:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Complex numbers contradiction?

Andrew Duncan wrote:
> 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.

Sorry (*blush*). It's just a knee-jerk reaction to newcomers to this 
list who start talking about a "feature" of ruby that cannot possibly be 
correct and must be changed.

Again, I apologize for that (and for assuming you are a newb).