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Re: Is this a numerical problem?


From: Judd Storrs
Subject: Re: Is this a numerical problem?
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:52:30 -0400

2010/8/19 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
Because 5 should round up. Precisely for reasons like this.

Really? Always rounding 0.5 up results in a systematic bias for rounding up. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding#Tie-breaking


--judd

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