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Re: What is 0.01 here not 0.01 here 0.009999999999999?
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Jean Louis |
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Re: What is 0.01 here not 0.01 here 0.009999999999999? |
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Fri, 2 Apr 2021 20:07:43 +0300 |
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* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2021-04-02 17:03]:
> Suggested reading:
>
> https://www.itu.dk/~sestoft/bachelor/IEEE754_article.pdf
Thank you, I will read. From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_arithmetic#Accuracy_problems
It seem that floating point arithmetic is killer at certain
situations, so I will just make sure not to fiddle with missiles.
Incidents
On 25 February 1991, a loss of significance in a MIM-104 Patriot
missile battery prevented it from intercepting an incoming Scud
missile in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, contributing to the death of 28
soldiers from the U.S. Army's 14th Quartermaster Detachment.
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