Re: floating point precision question

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 18 January 2011 06:28, Martin Helm <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 18. Januar 2011, 13:04:39 schrieb Piotr Isajew:

>> octave:150> 0.15 == (0.10 + 0.05)
>> ans = 0
>>
>> why?

> have a look at this elementary article which explains it much better
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point

I also like this in-depth one:

     http://dlc.sun.com/pdf/800-7895/800-7895.pdf

Piotr, there's also this example:

     0.3 - 0.2 - 0.1

HTH,
- Jordi G. H.