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:I suppose you put a link to [[GNU Multi-Precision Library]] in the see also but it doesn't seem to me to warrant anything in the main article. [[User:Dmcq|Dmcq]] ([[User talk:Dmcq|talk]]) 20:51, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
== Alternatives to the FP representation ==
 
There should be a mentioning of [[continued fractions]] in that section. Software implementations of it [http://blog.poucet.org/2008/02/continued-fractions-in-haskell/ already exist], and it has incredible properties, especially together with lazily-evaluated languages like Haskell.
[[User:Whitehorses2501|Whitehorses2501]] ([[User talk:Whitehorses2501|talk]]) 00:15, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
:Only if we had some notability and a reliable source. That thing you pointed at was a blog of someone's efforts and they haven't even figured out how to multiply the square root of 2 by itself yet. [[User:Dmcq|Dmcq]] ([[User talk:Dmcq|talk]]) 08:18, 29 April 2011 (UTC)