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Re:Why does 0.1 and 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004? by dgudkov on Thursday February 09, 2023 @05:21AM (#34721951)
People are living with it until they stumble when an innocent expression

   (a + b) >= c
suddenly fails to work. For instance, in Excel the expression

   A1-B1-C1 >= 0
returns FALSE when A1=2.03, B1=0.03, and C1=2. Such an expression can be used for instance to filter records that fall within a certain range, and that filter would produce wrong results.
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