(- 12.1 12) returns 0.0999999999999996

From: Tony Kimball <alk_at_za.cfa.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 95 13:24:46 -0500

Try searching gopherspace for 758, the number of the IEEE standard
which describes floating point arithematic.
Received on Thu Jun 01 1995 - 20:26:37 CEST

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