Re: 0.3-0.2=0.999999999998?

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From: Rene
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00

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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:57:38 -0600, Frans van Duinen
<frans_van_duinen@myna.com> wrote:

>Rene,
>Java is NOT "wrong" for showing 0.9999... rather than 1.0  It does that
>because 0.999... _is_ a closer representation than 1.0

Sorry, you are right. I miscounted the niners here.

Rene.

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From: grothm.fix.this@no.spam.ku-eichstaett.de (Rene)
Subject: Re: 0.3-0.2=0.999999999998?
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