On 06/25/2010 07:00 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> That all floating point representations are approximate?
>
But if it's error due to approximation, shouldn't the result be random?
I tried this for a handful of larger numbers, and it appears to
consistently round to the even number. Wouldn't that have to be
intentionally programmed that way?

--Lee

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Lee Hachadoorian
PhD Student, Geography
Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences
CUNY Graduate Center


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