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  Re: (X <= D) different than ((X<D) | (X=D)) ?  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 22 Apr 2000 18:44:46
Message: <39021D9F.8EDAD69C@peak.edu.ee>
Warp wrote:
> 
>   That's right. The key problem here is the value 0.1. It can't be accurately
> represented in binary format.
>   We have the same problem with the decimal format with values like 1/3;
> it can't be represented accurately.
> 
>   It is NOT a bug. It's just a hardware limitation.
> 

Yes, but the problem here is incosistency. The epsilon value should be used to
handle such cases, but is not being used here.

-- 
Margus Ramst

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