On 6/25/2009 11:04 AM Bojan Sudarevic said...

<snip>

3.2*3
9.600000000000001

I wasn't particularly good in math in school and university, but I'm pretty sure that 3.2*3 is 9.6.

Yes -- in this world.  But in the inner workings of computers, 3.2 isn't
accurately representable in binary.  This is a faq.

ActivePython 2.6.2.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Apr 21 2009, 15:05:37) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 3.2
3.2000000000000002
>>>


Emile


--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Reply via email to