From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2009-11-29T13:06:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Just found a round problem

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On Nov 29, 2009, at 12:06 AM, Ruby Newbee wrote:

> irb(main):026:0> 10.499999999999999.round
> => 10
> irb(main):027:0> 10.4999999999999999.round
> => 11
>
>
> Does this happen due to the float problem in any languages including  
> ruby?
> Thanks.


Thats IEEE 754 float behaviour, yes. python behaves exactly the same.

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