Re: Strange problem
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000,
> Everett Williams wrote:
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> In one sense, this appears to be an Euphoria error, in the sense that the
> float nature of the constant is not being maintained( if I am correct) when
> it is assigned to an atom in the function. In another sense, it just points
> out a contradiction that the use of floats causes in Euphoria. Decimal
> arithmetic does not have to use floats. Floats are sometimes faster and
> more efficient, but they almost always lose significance as compared to
> direct decimal calculations according to the rules of arithmetic. I would
> bet that if you called att an object that the problem would go away.
How much were you betting?
A lot, I hope, as I always wanted to be independently wealthy. :)
Irv
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