Paul Johnson <p...@pjcj.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:26:58PM +0200, Thomas Bätzler wrote:
> > Octavian Rasnita <orasn...@gmail.com> asked:
> > > I have tried the following calculation with ActivePerl 5.10.0 build
> > > 1004 under Windows XP Pro:
> > >
> > > print 0.79 - 0.798;
> > >
> > > And it gave the following result:
> > > -0.00800000000000001
> > >
> > > which is obviously wrong.
> >
> > No, it isn't.
> 
> Well ... yes, it is.

Let's settle on "the result isn't what you'd expect if you had no prior 
experience with machine numbers" ;-)

Cheers,
Thomas

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