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:: The motivation was never style, let alone the ''only'' motivation, it's form and content which implies meaning.   Please re-read the definition of the starting and ending values of a Farey sequence:   they are the fraction '''0/1''' and the fraction '''1/1'''.   This isn't style, this is the definition.   '''0''' and '''1''' aren't fractions.   The Farey sequences are all fractions, including the border terms.   I don't see a need to add verbage that the programming examples need to conform to that definition, it 'is' the definition, and that should be enough to cause conformity from the examples' outputs.   But, if you feel the need for a special requirement (or more verbage) for a particular language (or just in general), then please feel free to add it if that's what it takes to make your example correct.   I don't see your adding a special requirement (as a tidying up thingy) is a stumbling block.   If that's what it takes to clarify the issue, then I wish you'd add whatever language makes it clearer. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 18:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 
::: Indeed, when I look up the definition of "fraction" I see "a numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g., 1/2, 0.5)" -- but this would mean that 0/1 and 1/1 are not fractions, because these represent whole numbers.
::: Possibly the concept you are trying to describe needs a few qualifying words to distinguish it from this definition? --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 06:54, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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