On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:12:00 GMT, Opinderjit said:

> A prior discussion has already answered by question. So, please ignore.

Has it?  I was unable to duplicate this situation with various attempts on my
RH Linux 6.2 laptop.  I am curious what the answer is, and must have missed it
in a previous posting.

>  
>  In article <8qimpv$60c$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>    Opinderjit <bhellao@my-deja.com> wrote:
>  > Why does the following happen on the Windows version of Python? There
>  > must be a reason for this. Does anybody know?
>  > I am not sure if this happens on any other platform.
>  >
>  > Version 1.5.2 is as I would expect.
>  > >>> 8572.85
>  > 8572.85
>  >
>  > Version 1.6, why a '4' at the end
>  > >>> 8572.85
>  > 8572.8500000000004
>  >
>  > Version 2.0b, why a '4' at the end
>  > >>> 8572.85
>  > 8572.8500000000004
>  >
>  > Also on version 1.6,
>  > >>> 1.23
>  > 1.23
>  > >>> 2.23
>  > 2.23
>  > >>> 3.23
>  > 3.23
>  > >>> 4.23
>  > 4.2300000000000004
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