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"Brian Rogoff" <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote in message
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: > One thing I don't like in Ada is that '0' can't be a Float.
: > After all, when I write the rational number "one half" on
: > a piece of paper, I can write something like "1/2", and everybody knows
: > what I mean.  I don't write "1.0/2.0" -- the ".0" is superfluous.
:
: Hmmm, that one never bothered me, but now that you mention it.

Can't see why, since the terms "rational number" and "floating-point number"
are not the same. I think I'd be much more bothered by a floating-point
number without a (floating) point!