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[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41317] Incorrect result at evaluate (20.1-20)

From: anonymous
Subject: [Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41317] Incorrect result at evaluate (20.1-20)>0.1
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:11:08 +0000
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Follow-up Comment #1, bug #41317 (project octave):

Please understand the difference between exact arithmetic and floating-point
arithmetic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_arithmetic#Accuracy_problems

I did not do the calculation per hand to be sure, but I am quite convinced
that your result is indeed correct by 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754

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