Re: LOGO-L> Infinity and like words

[mikedoyle@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mike Doyle)]

In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970719132549.009e04d0@tiac.net>
Chuck Shavit wrote:

> For example, if A=2 and B=3, then when you assign C
> <= A/B, the result will be stored as the quotient of two integers, and 
> thus
> the infinite decimal number 0.666... is in fact represented accurately. 

This is where we run into a lot of problems in school.
The expressions 2/3 and 0.666... are two different ways of representing a 
particular number. Which representation a computer language works with is 
largely a matter of convention. Is not this what we are trying to teach 
children - how best to represent processes in an active medium?

Micheal O Duill

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