Re: Decimal versus binary arithmetic was Re: J4 - presentation/discussion on "Fu

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:55:10 -0300, Clark F Morris <cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.c
a> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:34:51 -0600, Robert <no@e.mail> wrote:
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>Try doing a simple divide like calculate the value of 1 / 5 in binary.

OK.

01  numerator value 1 binary pic 9(9).
01  denominator value 5 binary pic 9(9).
01  quotient binary pic 9(9)v9(4).

compute quotient = numerator / denominator
display quotient

0000000002000

>You get a never ending fraction.

Looks pretty diadic to me.