[X4U] Tiger's Calculator.app no longer does percentages?

[Aron Spencer]

No, in "math", you don't necessarily need units. In finance science,  
or other applied fields, you need units.

On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:29 AM, net kat wrote:

> If I may take the liberty to clarify, I believe what he means is  
> that "4" is a number, whereas "%" is a method of getting AT a number.
>
> as in a previous example, would you really accept a salary of '4'  
> or of '4%' without knowing 4 WHAT or 4% of WHAT?
> as  you may have learned by 6th grade math, points off for failing  
> to include units or other indications of specificity.
>
>
> nk
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2005, at 9:18 AM, Art wrote:
>
>>> If it's a pure number, it's a pure number.  A percentage is not a  
>>> pure number.
>>
>> And what, pray tell, is a "pure number"?
>
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Aron S. Spencer
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