[Tutor] [OT] Re: Floating Point Craziness

R. Alan Monroe amonroe at columbus.rr.com
Sun Jun 12 19:53:57 CEST 2011


> * Or you just get used to the fact that some numbers are not exact in 
> floating point.

This got me thinking. How many decimal places do you need to
accurately, say, aim a laser somewhere in a 180 degree arc accurately
enough to hit a dime on the surface of the moon?

Alan



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