> The only expalination is an error somewhere in the software translation
> fromm string to number and back to string.

<script>
document.write(15.12 + 59.70 - 74.82);
</script>

Guess what that prints on Win2k in IE and FF?   Same exact error as
Java (including CFMX) and C do on Linux.

I'm telling you, it has nothing to do with software.  It's the hardware.

cheers,
barneyb

On 12/6/05, Claude Schneegans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >>It's any computation that's performed by the
> floating point processor on your CPU.
>
> Right, and when the processor has to round a value, this will introduce
> an error, but never in this occurrence.
> The only expalination is an error somewhere in the software translation
> fromm string to number and back to string.
>

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