Count Down to Zero

[Curtis Jensen]

How come Python can't count down to zero?  Was it written by ancient
Romans or something?

Python 1.5.2 (#7, Apr 21 2000, 13:18:02) [C] on irix646
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> float(0)
0.0
>>> float( '0' )
0.0
>>> i = 1.0           
>>> while i >= 0.0:
...   print i
...   i = i - 0.1
... 
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
1.38777878078e-16
>>> 

The last one should be 0.0

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