> I think 'irrational' matches up with intuition better, even if it's described as 'non-terminating.' well, counter example, 1.22333444455555..... is an irrati

> I think 'irrational' matches up with intuition better, even if it's described as 'non-terminating.' well, counter example, 1.22333444455555..... is an irrational number, but it's somehow easy to understand rationally. LOL Also it's worthy point out decimals are heavily related to positional notation. Another fun example is we can use base-e number system for maximum calculation efficiency. Or better, base-tau. So 6.28 in base10 equals 1 in base-tau numeral system. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-integer_representation#Base_.CF.80 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-integer_representation#Base... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial_number_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial_number_system