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Re:Why does 0.1 and 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004? by jkaptur on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @07:57PM (#34718205)
I think the comment may have been edited ;)

Anyway, yes, that's all true. Excel, Sheets, JavaScript numbers, Java doubles, Python floats, and so on all work this way. That's why I asked how switching spreadsheet implementations solved the problem.

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Re:Why does 0.1 and 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004? by jdmichal on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:24PM (#34727519)
Ah, sorry for that I must have seen the updated one.

I agree with you that switching programs that are all using the IEEE floating-point formats with the same underlying hardware implementations should result in the same answers.

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