On 2008-08-03, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> However, it appears that when n in 1/n is a power of two, the decimal
>> does not get 'thrown off'. How might I make Python recognise 0.2 as 0.2
>> and not 0.20000000000000001?
>>
>> This discrepancy is very minor, but it makes the whole n-th root
>> calculator inaccurate. :\
>
> What are they teaching in computer science classes these days?
When I was an undergrad the only courses that dealt with FP
issues were classes on numerical analysis. I don't even know
if numerical analysis classes were required for CS majors. I
think most of us in that class were engineering majors.
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