Teeqoz said:
What I've been saying for the past three or so replies to you is that with the way you worded it, it might lead other people to think that way (the "sorta true, but not really" way), which is why yes, you can say that it's because of a limitation of the system, but (presuming you want to enlighten people about it), you then have to explain what the limitation is, and that it doesn't mean that it's not correct just because it's due to a limitation. I wasn't trying to say you thought so, just that saying things like it might lead other people to think so, so you have to be careful with how you word it. |
Meh. I think I worded it just fine. Seemed helpful to the person I was talking to. I very explicitly what the limitation was.
"They don't *have* to be repeating numbers, it just so happens that due to the limitations of working with the particular number system we use, we can't describe these numbers in decimals without them repeating."
Dunno how much clearer that could have gotten.
