On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:50:16 +0000, Radioactive Man wrote: > In python 2.3 (IDLE 1.0.3) running under windows 95, I get the > following types of errors whenever I do simple arithmetic: Specifically (building on DogWalker's reply), http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general.html#why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate