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Re: floating point precision question
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Sergei Steshenko |
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Re: floating point precision question |
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Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:41:06 -0800 (PST) |
--- On Tue, 1/18/11, Piotr Isajew <address@hidden> wrote:
> From: Piotr Isajew <address@hidden>
> Subject: floating point precision question
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 4:04 AM
> why?
Because decimal fractions are _periodic_ in binary radix (like 1/3 is
periodic in decimal radix).
Yes. earlier posted link to Wiki is a must-read.
Regards,
Sergei.