Rounding a number to nearest even

[Steve Holden]

Lie wrote:
> On Apr 12, 3:44 am, hdante <hda... at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
> 
> In short, choosing that x.0 is rounded down and x.5 is rounded up is
> arbitrary but not without a reason.

Don't "arbitrary" and "not without a reason" directly contradict one 
another?

regards
  Steve
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