>perl -le "print 1.4/10;" 0.14 #### >perl -le "print 'wtf' if 0.14 != 1.4/10;" wtf #### >perl -le "print 'ok' if 0.13999999999999999 == 1.4/10;" ok #### >perl -le "printf '%.17g', 1e+23" 9.9999999999999992e+22