#4250 NORM Never A: Calculate should use exact numbers when possible and displaying number should be more friendly.

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#4250: Calculate should use exact numbers when possible and displaying number
should be more friendly.
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 Reporter:  ohshima              |       Owner:  rwh           
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  calculator-activity  |     Version:                
 Keywords:                       |    Verified:  0             
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 On build 616.

 I typed "123456" and enter and got the result: 1.23456e5.  My 6 years old
 nephew was brown away to see this e notation when he was playing with just
 some numbers and addition.  When the number is integer, it should just
 print all digits.

   And, when I do "2000!/1999!", I get "1999.99999".  Shouldn't it be 2000?
 Calc should use multiple precision at least for integers.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4250>
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