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

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Tue Nov 29 23:33:34 PST 2005


On 11/30/05, Stroller <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> 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
>

Ah, nuts! You missed the critical pure number description:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage>.

Now, see what you started Mr. Clifford H. Readout, Jr.


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