Re: This calculation is just wrong / computer can't count!

"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't recall saying "double is perfect". I have known for decades that
it is not. What
I said was that the representation was precise and accurate.

And that is where you are wrong - the representation is not accurate (check
the dictionary). It is extremely precise (17 decimal places was it?), but
accurate means correct, which is it not. If it were correct, you wouldn't
need to change the answers it produces!

In fact, manipulating the answers is required and mandatory if you want to
preserve an
illusion.

Or more to the point, manipulating the answers is required and mandatory if
you want to make the binary illusion match mathematical reality!


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