Does python suck or I am just stupid?
Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de)
me at privacy.net
Mon Feb 24 22:27:52 EST 2003
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> You can always ask them if their calculator is telling the "absolute"
> truth when performing:
>
> 1 / 3 * 3
>
> (if it comes up with 1, it must be using hidden guard digits and
> rounding the display).
O ye of little faith. They might equally be using
the One True Calculator, which doesn't need any
poxy guard digits, but computes the Absolute Truth
directly using its built-in omniscience function!
(Rumour has it the PSU is currently trying to
acquire this techn
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