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Re: BUG #5150: math bug
- From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
- To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
- Cc: PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
- Subject: Re: BUG #5150: math bug
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:10:56 -0400
- Message-id: <603c8f070910310610h547ec8d0n82643ad91165e6fd@mail.gmail.com> <text/plain>
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:51 PM, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> >> There is special-purpose software out there that can compute exactly >> with rational numbers, but you aren't likely to find it embedded in any >> general-purpose tools like databases --- the use-case just isn't wide >> enough. One reason why not is that it'll still fall down on irrational >> numbers. >> > > > <nit> > > 1/3 is a rational number. however, it is a repeating fraction when > expressed in decimal. > > </nit> That's true. Nobody said otherwise. ...Robert
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