Re^5: Small Perl 6 discoveries II, Rats

Why the difference?

> 111111111111111111111/1000000000000000000000
0.111111111111111
> .111111111111111111111
0.11111111111111111604544
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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
What any sane person would expect would be replies to a post that address the content of the post instead of troll on an unrelated topic.	[reply]
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