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30 Jul 2024 18:22:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: while bug ?  
From: Warp
Date: 10 Oct 2001 09:55:02
Message: <3bc45335@news.povray.org>
Mael <mae### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
: isn t it strange to get a roundoff error for only 10 additions  ? i thought
: pov was more precise :(

  0.1 can't be represented accurately with binary floating point format.

  The reason is the same as why 1/3 can't be represented accurately with
decimal format.

-- 
#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
],13),8)-3,10>#end blob{N(array[6]{11117333955,
7382340,3358,3900569407,970,4254934330},0)}//                     - Warp -


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