Win8 Strawberry 5.30.3.1 (64) Sun 03/21/2021 13:20:05 C:\@Work\Perl\monks >perl printf "decrement: %0.20f \n", 0.01; for ($x=0.8; $x > 0.1; $x -= 0.01) { printf "%0.20f \n", $x; } ^Z decrement: 0.01000000000000000021 0.80000000000000004441 0.79000000000000003553 0.78000000000000002665 0.77000000000000001776 0.76000000000000000888 0.75000000000000000000 0.73999999999999999112 0.72999999999999998224 0.71999999999999997335 0.70999999999999996447 0.69999999999999995559 0.68999999999999994671 0.67999999999999993783 0.66999999999999992895 0.65999999999999992006 0.64999999999999991118 0.63999999999999990230 0.62999999999999989342 0.61999999999999988454 0.60999999999999987566 0.59999999999999986677 0.58999999999999985789 0.57999999999999984901 0.56999999999999984013 0.55999999999999983125 0.54999999999999982236 0.53999999999999981348 0.52999999999999980460 0.51999999999999979572 0.50999999999999978684 0.49999999999999977796 0.48999999999999976907 0.47999999999999976019 0.46999999999999975131 0.45999999999999974243 0.44999999999999973355 0.43999999999999972466 0.42999999999999971578 0.41999999999999970690 0.40999999999999969802 0.39999999999999968914 0.38999999999999968026 0.37999999999999967137 0.36999999999999966249 0.35999999999999965361 0.34999999999999964473 0.33999999999999963585 0.32999999999999962697 0.31999999999999961808 0.30999999999999960920 0.29999999999999960032 0.28999999999999959144 0.27999999999999958256 0.26999999999999957367 0.25999999999999956479 0.24999999999999955591 0.23999999999999954703 0.22999999999999953815 0.21999999999999952927 0.20999999999999952038 0.19999999999999951150 0.18999999999999950262 0.17999999999999949374 0.16999999999999948486 0.15999999999999947597 0.14999999999999946709 0.13999999999999945821 0.12999999999999944933 0.11999999999999945433 0.10999999999999945932