Re: 0.3-0.2=0.999999999998?

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From: Harry Rowe
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 00:00

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-=(CyBerco)=- wrote in message <7blg56$2pl$1@zonnetje.NL.net>...
>Hi,
>
>Try the following:
>
>System.out.println("What is 0.3-0.2 ? :  " + (0.3-0.2));
>
>How come? I sure didn't expect this outcome!
>
>Greetings,
>Berco.
>
Another reason is Java is not fully IEEE 754 compliant.
It and Microsoft compilers are quite broken when it comes
to numerical analysis.

Regards,

Harry

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