Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:53:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@NetworX.ie Subject: Re: Rounding up is -odd- Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971017235318.23821B-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199710180358.NAA08402@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Bruce Evans wrote: > > For the same reason that > printf "%1.20f\n" 7.005 > produces > 7.00499999999999989342 > and > printf "%1.20f\n" 8.005 > produces > 8.00500000000000078160 Pentium? ;) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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