>>And even if the problem is solved for fractions, there's still the slight problem of algebraic irrational numbers, and then transcendental numbers... you wouldn't want to wait indefinitely for a correct result. You want a result with negligible error in a microsecond - and you're getting it.
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>>Now if programmers are not taught numeric maths... well, they should be.
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>I was just joking. I knew all this. :)

Thanks for the... umm, how do you call it in American English? German is "Schlagwort"... cue word? Something on which I can jump in.

And it was nice to feel like a mathematician again, at least for these few minutes :).