Floating point bug in vitrual machine?

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From: Antonio Garcia
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:00

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Try this:

  {
	Float f = new Float(512.0);
	int i = f.intValue();
	System.out.println(i);
  }

I get 511 every time.  Any ideas why?

P133/Windows NT 4.0 SP 1/Jbuilder Pro

--AG

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