"Chris Angelico" wrote in message
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On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> wrote:
> I can reproduce your example above. However, if I set the initial value
> to
> 5678.7, then the sequence goes
>
> 5678.7
> 5802.15
> 5925.6
> 6049.05
> 6172.5
>
> I would have thought that adding 123.45 to 5802.15 would always produce
> the
> same result, but here it seems to depend on prior events.
>
> Any idea why? Academic interest only, but I am curious.
You weren't adding 123.45 to 5802.15. Here's why.
[snip really interesting explanation]
Wow, thanks for that, Chris. Consider my academic curiosity well and truly
satisfied :-)
I have found a workaround for my problem, but I will post that in a separate
message - still testing to make sure it is 100%.
Frank
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