| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us (Tom Lane) |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] 123.45 - 123 = 0.45 |
| Date: | 1998-12-16 00:29:32 |
| Message-ID: | 199812160029.TAA23406@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Rational numbers have either terminating or repeating expansions in
> any base you care to use; irrationals never do.
>
> Sorry, I'll get off my math-pedant soapbox now. Just tend to get
> annoyed when people misuse technical terms.
And I was a math minor in college. I am embarassed at what I have
forgotten.
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