"Steffen Glückselig" <usenet at gungfu.de> writes: > Hello, > > I've just wanted to check Python's abilities as a calculator and this > is what came out: > >>>> 1.0 + 3.0 + 4.6 > 8.5999999999999996 > > Ehm, how could I get the intuitively 'correct' result of - say - 8.6? > ;-) This is as correct as your computer's FPU can made it :) -- http://www.peter.dembinski.prv.pl