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Re:0.3 - 0.2 == 0.2 - 0.1 is falsy. Which language gets this... by darkxanthos on Thursday October 04, 2012 @11:32AM (#4612780)
Oddly Javascript does. Probably more oddly I don't get why that's "right"
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Re:0.3 - 0.2 == 0.2 - 0.1 is falsy. Which language gets this... by infinity on Friday October 05, 2012 @03:46AM (#4616012)
I have just tested it on a Windows Vista machine, it doesn't work in Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari. Putting each side of the equation into an alert box shows the difference.
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Re:0.3 - 0.2 == 0.2 - 0.1 is falsy. Which language gets this... by arcatek on Thursday October 04, 2012 @12:11PM (#4612995)
It does not in Chrome.
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