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in thread Small Perl 6 discoveries III, Ints

> my $a = 1.000000000000001e0; my $b = 1e0; $a - $b
0
> $a - 1
1.11022302462516e-15
> $b - 1
1.11022302462516e-15
> $a.WHERE
4405787632
> $b.WHERE
4405787632
> 1.000000000000001e0 == 1e0
True

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Re^6: Small Perl 6 discoveries III, Ints
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 29, 2017 at 07:40 UTC 
    > 1.000000000000001e0 == 1e0
True

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    Oh dear, that is awful.
    Someone should inform the perl6 developers of that behaviour - assuming, of course, that they haven't yet fixed it.

    Cheers,
    Rob
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