Here is a good article that isn't too technical. http://www.bookrags.com/sciences/computerscience/infinite-precision-arithmetic-wcs.html
On 12/6/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not just CF and JS. It's any computation that's performed by the > floating point processor on your CPU. It's a hardware issue, not a > software one. There are software solutions (the DECIMAL SQL type, for > example) to avoid the issue where you must, but those solutions are > significantly less performant that floating point arithmetic, so > they're typically used as little as possible. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 12/6/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is not a new issue. It happens in javascript, too, as I found out > > about 6 months ago. Jim was nice enough to point out the problem to me. > > > > Google "floating point arithmetic" to read up on it. It's complicated, > > but makes sense once you get your head 'round it. > > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:226279 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
