From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2012-04-17T00:54:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:44392] Re: [ruby-trunk - Bug #6274][Rejected] Float addition incorrect

> Issue #6274 has been updated by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune).
>
> Status changed from Open to Rejected
>
> This is due to the fact that floats are approximate. The results follow the IEEE standard. Try it in Javascript, you'll get the same result.

I am almost happy that Ruby shows the rounding point error.
Apparently many programmers just don't realize just how imprecise
those underlying floats are, and now get to learn :)

-roger-