Variable description: "a value from 0 to 1 to represent a fraction of a thing"Variable type: int 💀

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

Variable description: "a value from 0 to 1 to represent a fraction of a thing"
Variable type: int

[401matthall@mastodon.xyz]

@nina_kali_nina

The fraction being either 0/1 or 1/1?

Helpful. Yer a good variable, yes you are. Whoever made you, however, not so much.

[ruojake@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@nina_kali_nina all or nothing, no half measures, big pour of variable

[jrrickerson@fosstodon.org]

@nina_kali_nina I guess it doesn't *specifically* say the value of the fraction is continuous.

[dmbaturin@functional.cafe]

@ruojake @nina_kali_nina Zero represents a negligible fraction and one represents a large fraction. The only fractions we'll ever need.

[ruojake@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@dmbaturin @nina_kali_nina good enough for astronomers, probably

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@nina_kali_nina They didn't specify how *many* fractions they needed to represent...

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@ruojake @dmbaturin @nina_kali_nina Of course, if they were mathematicians, they'd also have a way to represent the *other* number (infinity).

[gabrielesvelto@mas.to]

@nina_kali_nina eXtreme fixed-point arithmetic