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>'Proportion' and 'fraction' unfortunately both suggest a ratio of integers instead of a unit real. I don't mean to pick on you in particular abecedarius, but
by drdec 6y ago
>'Proportion' and 'fraction' unfortunately both suggest a ratio of integers instead of a unit real.
I don't mean to pick on you in particular abecedarius, but I find it amusing to be worried about signalling that irrational numbers are OK given the context is computing and all the numbers are rational anyway.
- abecedarius 6y agoYou got me there, but I think this kind of discussion is "you know what I mean" territory: ratios aren't limited to 0..1, and the central examples the terms evoke involve small integers.