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- Subject: Re: Floating point inaccuracies
- From: HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:04:18 -0700
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 18:42, Andrew Lentvorski <bsder@allcaps.org> wrote:
> On 11/28/10 3:39 PM, Tony Finch wrote:
>>
>> On 28 Nov 2010, at 22:41, Andrew Lentvorski<bsder@allcaps.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Switch to Decimal Floating Point: http://speleotrove.com/decimal/
>>
>> That just moves the problem from 1/10 to 1/3 etc.
>
> True, but most people understand why you can't add 1/3 repeatedly and wind
> up with 1.
>
> They don't understand why you can't add 1/10 repeatedly and wind up with 1.
>
> -a
>
>
How many people think 0.9999... = 1?
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