From: Gregory Seidman <gsslist+ruby@...>
Date: 2007-10-18T21:57:24+09:00
Subject: Re: 2 - 2.01 ??

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 09:49:37PM +0900, Michal Sza wrote:
> Hey,
> How come 2 - 2.01 = -0.00999999999999979 and not -0.01
> ???
> Can someone explain this to me please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point#Accuracy_problems

--Greg