Re: FPU, i386

From: Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 09:52:47 EST


On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Nicholas Berry wrote:

> Nitpick:
>
> > All real numbers (except trancendentials) can represented exactly
> > as the ratio of two integers
>
> should be 'except irrationals', of which trancendentals are a subset :)
>
> Nik

Yep. It's the definition is an irrational number.

>

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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