good chemistry is complicated, and a little bit messy -LW |
|
PerlMonks |
Re: float values and operatorsby GreyGlass (Sexton) |
on Aug 12, 2004 at 04:27 UTC ( [id://382165]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The theory was well illuminated by others. The nuts and bolts (or the bits) in this case are:
As you can see, there is a bit of difference. The lowest-order bit, to be exact. FYI: This, of course, is on Win32. On other platforms it may be different, both in encoding and the round-off error in the last bit.
In Section
Seekers of Perl Wisdom
|
|