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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Rounding up is -odd-
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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Bruce Evans wrote:

> 
> For the same reason that
> 	printf "%1.20f\n" 7.005
> produces
> 	7.00499999999999989342
> and
> 	printf "%1.20f\n" 8.005
> produces
> 	8.00500000000000078160

Pentium?
;)

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