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Re:LibreOffice blasts OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft ... by ekjhgkejhgk on Saturday February 21, 2026 @08:59AM (#47100920)
From your second link

> Therefore, the problem is not necessarily with Excel. Equally, the problem is not with the IEEE 754 standard either. It’s just the complex nature of the world of mathematics and computing that we live in.

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Re:LibreOffice blasts OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft ... by Betelbuddy on Saturday February 21, 2026 @12:58PM (#47103051)
Excel the one who decided to use only 15 digits. It is an Excel problem...
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Re:LibreOffice blasts OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft ... by fweimer on Saturday February 21, 2026 @01:03PM (#47103080)
The IEEE 754 standard covers decimal floating point arithmetic, too. Decimal floating point avoids issues like 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 not being equal to 0.3 despite usually being displayed as 0.3. Maybe it's reasonable to use that instead?

Some earlier spreadsheets such as Multiplan used it (but not in the IEEE variety) because it was all soft-float for most users anyway.

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