From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-03-20T15:40:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12918] Re: differences between range and array

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Cc: <ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:29 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:12907] Re: differences between range and array


> 
> Hmmm..., yes, that makes it clearer.
> I guess what bothers me now is that 2.4/0.2 is not printed by p as
> 11.99999999. (12.0).to_i should never equal 11.
> 

It's called "fuzzy math"... you just have to understand the
underlying Al-Gore-ithm.

I'm sure they can explain it at the Ruby conference... in Florida...

Cheers,
Hal