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- Subject: Re: Floating point inaccuracies
- From: RJ Russell <russellsprouts2@...>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:22:22 -0800
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM, HyperHacker <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> --
> Sent from my toaster.
>
>
It is. It would be nice if the computer could recognize that.
