On Nov 29, 2005, at 3:18 pm, Art wrote: > On Nov 29, 2005, at 1:11 AM, Eugene 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"? Maybe it's a bit like a natural number or a whole number, maybe like an integer. Maybe it's like a real number, but I don't think so - I'll bet it's more like an imaginary number. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number Stroller.