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Re:I was wrong about spreadsheets (2017) by Vaslo on Friday July 12, 2019 @02:44PM (#20423258)
Why would anyone working with amounts in the millions or billions care about 0.1 + 0.2 != 0.3? Splitting hairs here I think.
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Re:I was wrong about spreadsheets (2017) by zelphirkalt on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:06PM (#20424507)
Not so sure about that. We are possibly also talking about reports as in some other comments. Those might need to be exact. Very exact.
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