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Subject: Re: Why can't the Mac add?
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Date: 25 Sep 90 15:38:27 GMT
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In article <1990Sep25.091831@hari.Viewlogic.COM>, peter@hari.Viewlogic.COM (Peter Colby) writes...
>Fixed point is exact because you can represent any number as an integer!
  e^(pi*i) - 1 = 0.
    You could say that most numbers are not representable as integers.
david