On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 7:39 AM dn via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > >> >>> 0.3 + 0.3 + 0.3 == 0.9 > >> False > > > > That's because 0.3 is not 3/10. It's not because floats are > > "unreliable" or "inaccurate". It's because the ones you're entering > > are not what you think they are. > > > > When will people understand this? > > (Probably never. Sigh.) > > > Am not aware of any institution which teaches the inner-workings of a > CPU/ALU/FPU/GPU in a general programming class, ie "Programming" and > particularly "Coding", have diverged from "Computer Science" - in at > least this respect. >
I think what I find annoying about this sort of thing is that people triumphantly announce that the computer is WRONG. It's the numeric equivalent of XKCD 169, and people get smug for the exact same reason, and perhaps unfortunately, do not get their arms cut off. "Computer, give me a number as close as possible to three tenths." "HAH! THAT ISN'T THREE TENTHS! Hah you suck!" *slash* ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
