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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by eeegnu on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:37AM (#36848747)
I would guess that they did the calculations, but interpreted it as "5 nines after the decimal point", when it's really "5 nines in total".
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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by ptman on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:11AM (#36859409)
0.99999/1 (no %)
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