(Ted Harding) wrote: > ... > Thus "always up" or "always down" means that the difference between > rounded numbers is always the same as between the unrounded numbers > which for other methods the differences can differ by 2.0. > This may or may not matter, but it is something to think about > when choosing a rounding method. > Ah, but Ted, this is why, as I remarked in a private message to the original poster, we were also taught never to round until the final result. Had I not had a rather extended debate with an engineer who apparently thought that one could get away with successive rounding, I would not be so sensitive on the issue.
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