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in thread sprintf and decimals

Is there any environment where you get 2.68?

If there is, it's wrong.

gcc should give you 2.67, too.

Yes, it should. So should C, C++, COBOL, Pascal, Fortran (it does), Python, Ruby, Haskell, Erlang, VB, C#, etc.…. The rounding rules are not just custom; there are actually international standards.

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