Re: 0.3-0.2=0.999999999998?

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From: Simon A Watts
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:00

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> >2. All real numbers can't be exactly managed by float numbers.
> NOT all real numbers can be managed exactly by floating point numbers.

Just to be pedantic, these two sentences are equivalent:

{ All real numbers } can't be { exactly managed by float numbers }

NOT { { all real numbers } can be { managed exactly by floating point
numbers } }

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