| From: | Raymond Brinzer <ray(dot)brinzer(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj |
| Cc: | GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: simple division |
| Date: | 2018-12-05 13:32:55 |
| Message-ID: | CANasJHk9dS3yFQqVyKf+13StfbD4GWsypoGp_kaM+Y9_jbGXPw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 7:55 AM Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj> wrote:
> Where's the logical progression in step 3 here:
>
> 1 You asked the computer a question
>
> 2 The values you passed to it don't have decimal points
>
> ...
>
> 4 Ergo, you wanted an answer that was incorrect.
>
Well put. However the nature of the question you asked does not
necessarily allow for a correct finite answer. If I ask for 10/3, for
instance, or 1/0. To play devil's advocate, then: you should have known
that some of the answers would need to be truncated. This just truncates a
little more aggressively. ;-)
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Ray Brinzer
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