Fractions

[realMakc]

Just so it goes somewhere until I actually do something with it, here goes AS3 Fraction class inspired by this thing.

Tell me what you think?

[renderhjs]

perhaps provide a online swf file next time?- might turn into more or any replies

[realMakc]

well, if people can't be arsed to open flash and compile a file, can they be arsed to think of things that can be improved?

p.s.: I am going to add neat trick with primes that would make this class getting faster and faster at runtime..

[691175002]

...Why fractions? Are there any practical applications where having fractions would outweigh the performance loss?

[realMakc]

maybe some sort of pathological "divergent" calculations where rounding errors accumulate... I'm not sure if there actually are such applications, this is "for fun only" doodle.

[realMakc]

p.s.: I am going to add neat trick with primes that would make this class getting faster and faster at runtime..

the idea was this: if we keep static list of sequential primes, and divide by every number in the list (rather than every number i existance), and then by all numbers greater than the list's max, until some k divides our numerator/denominator without reminder, then this k must be a prime (since otherwise something less than k would do it)... so I thought I could add this k to primes list every time, and so this list would grow, leading to faster computations after some time; however, we cant add k to the list, because we don't know if there were primes less than k but greater than list's max so, no magic trick for you, sorry.