2009/7/18 Octavian Râşniţă <orasn...@gmail.com>: > From: "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+use...@isolution.nl> > Octavian Rasnita wrote: >> >>> print 0.79 - 0.798; >>> >>> -0.00800000000000001 >>> >>> which is obviously wrong. >> >> And it is obvious to me that you are wrong. Funny hey? >> >> -- >> Ruud > > Sorry but the calculation is obviously wrong. It is not my fault that the > computers can't make a perfect float calculation with an infinite number of > digits. > But yes, it is not just a fault of perl. snip
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