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Roundoff error in "bc -l"

From: mjd
Subject: Roundoff error in "bc -l"
Date: 15 Aug 2003 23:38:49 -0000 
        plover% bc -l
        bc 1.06
        Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
        For details type `warranty'. 
        obase=11
        1/11
        .0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


The output should be '.1'.  The answer .0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA is very
close, but slightly inaccurate.

Similarly:

        1/121
        .00AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA9
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