On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:57 AM, David Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A simple case to demonstrate this is an even less prety**** > > ** ** > > 5 div 2.5 => 1.999999999999999889**** > > ** ** > > xs:double( 5 div 2.5 ) => 2**** > > ** > I'm just going to register my mathematical revulsion at that answer. :( -- --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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