[Oc-pm] perl6

[Bob Mathews]

Perl6 Deep Dive p58:
> Thus, any Rat number is a rational value equal to the division N/D. The integer numerator part is a value that can be arbitrarily long. The denominator part is a 64-bit integer.


FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY? This “optimization” of limiting the denominator to 64 bits makes the Rat type useless for my purposes. It silently converts to a double-precision float if the denominator overflows.

-bob