3.2*2 is 9.6 ... or maybe it isn't?
Steven D'Aprano
steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au
Fri Jun 26 06:04:04 EDT 2009
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:31:05 -0700, Mark Dickinson wrote:
>> We all know that IEEE floating point is a horribly inaccurate
>> representation [...]
>
> That's a bit extreme! Care to elaborate?
Well, 0.1 requires an infinite number of binary places, and IEEE floats
only have a maximum of 53 or so, so that implies that floats are
infinitely inaccurate...
*wink*
--
Steven
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