[CLN-list] ¿Is this a bug or a feature?

Bruno Haible bruno at clisp.org
Fri Dec 10 15:07:03 CET 2004


Isidro Cachadiña Gutiérrez wrote:
>   b=cl_float(1e-1,default_float_format);
> a=1.1000000000000000055511151231257827021181583404541015625L0
>                                          ^ ¿Why are here these noisy

1e-1 is not the same as
    0.1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

See http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html for explanations.

Bruno





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