Are you sure C "deals"?
$ cat imprec.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main () {
float fa = 36.8;
float fb = 36.6;
double da = 36.8;
double db = 36.6;
printf( ( fa >= ( fb + 0.2 ) ) ? "true\n" : "false\n" );
printf( ( da >= ( db + 0.2 ) ) ? "true\n" : "false\n" );
}
$ gcc -o imprec imprec.c
$ ./imprec
true
false
You're seeing the result of cut-off caused by float's lower precision.
Perl and Python use doubles in all floating point operations.
Makeshifts last the longest.
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