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Re: Strange rounding Error in Perl

by Enlil (Parson)
on Nov 21, 2004 at 20:37 UTC ( [id://409418]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Strange rounding Error in Perl

Here are a couple of links to answer your question:

Bug? 1+1 != 2 (be sure to read Re: Re: Re: Bug? 1+1 != 2 for a good explaination)

What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic

and a current thread alond the same lines: Math 101 anyone?

-enlil

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