Re:0.30000000000000004
by seppel on Monday December 02, 2019 @06:19PM
(#21688187)
> Binary floats are unable to represent 1/10 just as decimal floats are unable to represent 1/3.
That is true, but most humans in this world expect 0.1 to be represented exactly but would not require 1/3 to be represented exactly. Because they are used to the quirks of the decimal point (and not of the binary point).
That is true, but most humans in this world expect 0.1 to be represented exactly but would not require 1/3 to be represented exactly. Because they are used to the quirks of the decimal point (and not of the binary point).
This is a social problem, not a technical one.