On 2020-02-08 05:25, Joe Nelson wrote:
> Hi hackers, attached is a proof of concept patch adding a new base type
> called "rational" to represent fractions. It includes arithmetic,
> simplification, conversion to/from float, finding intermediates with a
> stern-brocot tree, custom aggregates, and btree/hash indices.
The numeric type already stores rational numbers. How is this
different? What's the use?
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