From: Jason DiCioccio <jd@...>
Date: 2004-10-28T04:49:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Rounding error, (100.0 * 9.95).to_i == 994

Hello!

--On Thursday, October 28, 2004 03:48:56 +0900 Jamis Buck 
<jgb3@email.byu.edu> wrote:

> Bill Atkins wrote:
>> OK, that would make sense if v's value was 994.5, but it seems to be
>> 995.0.  Why should to_i round down like that?
>
> But it isn't 995.0. It is 994.99999999883 or something. IRB displays it
> as 995.0, rounding it.
>
> - Jamis

I'm confused now..  100.0 * 9.95 is clearly 995.  So what exactly is the 
issue with floating point numbers is making this come out to 
994.999999999983 (or wahtever ;))?  If every language is plagued by this 
problem, then I'd be curious to know the history behind it..

Thanks!
-JD-