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> Programming languages aren't able to express arbitrary real numbers, No system of finite representations is able to express arbitrary real numbers.
by thanatropism 7y ago
> Programming languages aren't able to express arbitrary real numbers,
No system of finite representations is able to express arbitrary real numbers.
- quickthrower2 7y agoDepends what you mean by an arbitrary real number. Any constructed real number could be stored as it’s construction steps. Eg use a series for Pi. But paradoxically you can store “any” real number, eg the number made up of all future lottery draws.