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Re:The Fundamental Axiom of Floating Point Arithmetic by the_svd_doctor on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @11:25AM (#24061854)
This is the right answer. Substraction is accurate, as much as it can be given the its inputs. It’s everything (combined) leading up to it that isn’t.

Every year I struggle to teach this simple concept in class :-) :-(

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