Perl help
Kevin D. Clark
kclark at CetaceanNetworks.com
Tue Jul 22 18:09:47 EDT 2003
Bob Bell <bbell at hp.com> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 05:13:03PM -0400, Kevin D. Clark <kclark at cetaceannetworks.com> wrote:
> > *3* Interesting fact of the day: Using binary, it is possible to
> > exactly represent some numbers that cannot be exactly represented
> > in base-10.
>
> Can you name such a number? This is un-intuitive to me, since 2 is
> a factor of 10.
I think I goofed: I didn't mean to write "base-2" above. Instead I
meant to type "different base".
If the statement is amended this way, then I'm sure that I'm correct.
Damn. I need some sleep.
--kevin
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seconds, I shake like mad, my eyes kind of bulge, and I'd never quit.
That's heart. That's soul. That's guts"
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