"Andrew" == Andrew Welch
<andrew(_dot_)j(_dot_)welch(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:
>> You've lost me - we were talking about integer division, I
>> thought.
Andrew> 1000000000000000000000000000000001 is just too big for an
Andrew> 32 bit integer... (I think that's why DC chose it)
There is nothing that says you have to use a 32-bit integer.
>> If you are talking about xs:double, compared with xs:decimal,
>> then yes. But I don't see how that comes into the problem.
Andrew> I think it's the problem of representing a decimal:
Andrew> http://speleotrove.com/decimal/decifaq1.html#inexact
That's talking about representing decimals in floating-point binary -
but you can't do that for xs:decimal -it's not allowed.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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