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Re:9999999999999999.0 – 9999999999999998.0 by ori_b on Saturday January 05, 2019 @06:29PM (#18835075)
Would ` 9999999999999999.0 – 9999999999999998.0 == 10.0000` really be less surprising?
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Re:9999999999999999.0 – 9999999999999998.0 by sampo on Saturday January 05, 2019 @08:29PM (#18835708)
I think the numbers would need to be something like

9999999999999995.0 – 9999999999999994.0 == 10.0000

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