[Tutor] Python 2.5.4 - error in rounding

[Neven Goršić]

Thanks for the assistance and the article.

Neven

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On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Lie Ryan <lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/22/10 01:30, Neven Goršić wrote:
> > Thanks!
> > It's pity that Python has such unreliable functions so you never know in
> > advanced when you will hit new one ...
>
> Well, it's not Python but the machine. Floating point number is not Real
> numbers; there are certain limitations imposed by physical limitations.
>
> You can read: What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About
> Floating-Point Arithmetic:
> http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html
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