Discrepency between JPython and CPython

[Brian]

Here is a list of differences you might find useful:
http://www.jpython.org/docs/differences.html

"Venkatesh Prasad Ranganath" <rvprasad at cis.ksu.edu> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Consider the expression str(1.14 * 200).
> In CPython it yields 228.0
> In JPython it yields 227.99999999999997
>
> Shouldn't this result in consistent values across variuos implementation?
> If so, which of the implementation is buggy?
> I think it is JPython, may be I am wrong.
>
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