2.6.1 - simple division

[farsight at gmail.com]

On Mar 8, 2:16 pm, farsi... at gmail.com wrote:
> >>> 4 / 5.0
>
> 0.800000000000000004>>> 0.8 * 5
>
> 4.0
>
> python 2.6.1 on mac. What the hell is going on here?

Pure curiosity prompted me to try the following:
>>> 40 / 5.0
8.0

Strange...