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[piet at cs.uu.nl]

>>>>> David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> (DE) writes:

DE> In article <eppstein-03540D.13070222072001 at news.service.uci.edu>,
DE>  David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote:

>> Well then, float is a very bad choice for what to return, or then how do 
>> we explain when 3/4 * 4 = 3 (exactly) but 3/10 * 10 != 10?

DE> Uh, of course I meant 3/10 * 10 != 3...

You have to explain it the same way as you explain that 3*0.1 != 0.3.
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