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Subject: Re: Dimensions and fixed point types
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Duncan Sands wrote:
> Fixed point types have a remarkable property:
> you can multiply any two of them to get a third.
> You can multiply apples and oranges and get
> bananas.  This goes against type safety.

You appear to imply that multiplying apples and apples
to get apples, on the other hand, *is* "type safe". Why?