Re^4: Small Perl 6 discoveries II, Rats

why does perl6 print all those wrong digits?

There is a well-hidden message in the "wrong" digits. Click here and follow the links.

Alexander

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Re^5: Small Perl 6 discoveries II, Rats by Anonymous Monk on Sep 27, 2017 at 22:04 UTC
Why the difference? `> 111111111111111111111/1000000000000000000000 0.111111111111111 > .111111111111111111111 0.11111111111111111604544` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Small Perl 6 discoveries II, Rats by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 28, 2017 at 07:06 UTC
I would assume that one is a rational number while the other gets constructed and represented as a floating point number. I think you can somehow look into how Perl6 represents the values but I don't know it.	[reply]
Re^7: Small Perl 6 discoveries II, Rats by Anonymous Monk on Sep 28, 2017 at 13:31 UTC
Yes, but it's the reverse of what any sane person would expect. > (111111111111111111111/1000000000000000000000).WHAT (Num) > (.111111111111111111111).WHAT (Rat)	[reply]
Re^8: Small Perl 6 discoveries II, Rats by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Sep 28, 2017 at 16:11 UTC
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