From: KUBO Takehiro <kubo@...>
Date: 2007-06-22T14:17:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't know how to multiply

Hi,

On 6/22/07, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> |I tried this in Delphi, smalltalk and oracle SQL and got the correct
> |result.
>
> Interesting.  There are a few ways to get the "correct" result.
>
>   * fixed point number
>   * base 10 floating numbers
>   * comparison with epsilon

Oracle uses base 100 floating numbers.
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14250/oci03typ.htm#sthref431

> Does anyone know how these languages get the correct result?