Version 6.0-2.1 on Linux (Amazon, EC2, 2012.09)

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Geert Josten <[email protected]>wrote:

> Which version of MarkLogic are you running exactly? I am running 6.0-1.1
> on win7 and get (72, 72, 72) as response..
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> Kind regards,
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> Geert
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> *Van:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *Namens *Alex Milowski
> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 19 maart 2013 23:09
> *Aan:* General Mark Logic Developer Discussion
> *Onderwerp:* [MarkLogic Dev General] Simple Math Issue
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> In my Mathematical mind, the following expression:
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> (180 div 2.5, 180 div xs:float(2.5), 180 div xs:double(2.5))
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> should yeild:
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> (72, 72, 72)
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> as the correct answer, mathematically speaking, is 72.
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> MarkLogic 6 seems to think it is:
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> (71.99999999999999601, 72, 72)
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> which leads me to believe this is a xs:decimal issue.
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> --
> --Alex Milowski
> "The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of the
> inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
> considered."
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> Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics
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-- 
--Alex Milowski
"The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of the
inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
considered."

Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics
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