God I hate this stupid question, but my friends are all arguing again, sooo

[schattenjaeger]

does .999~ = 1 or not?

[Huckleberry]

Yes. What is the numerical difference between them? You'll be writing 0 for an infinite time to try to express that value. That value is 0.

There have been other threads on this question.

[Galileo]

Nooooooooooooo, not again!!!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry:

[ahrkron]

I'm sorry Schattenjaeger, but this topic has been talked about exhaustively. I'm closing it. Anyone interested can browse the previous instances.