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		xiaq on May 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elvish, expressive programming language and a vers... Actually 1/2 is there because Elvish supports rational numbers, unfortunately there's no infix math. (Elvish supports arbitrary-precision integers and rationals.)

mst on May 10, 2024 [–]

Bugger. Apologies for posting misinformation.

(at least I warned people I was undercaffeinated?)

xiaq on May 10, 2024 | [–]

Ha, no problem. The number syntax is documented in https://elv.sh/ref/language.html#number

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