Re: It's a bug? Re: Strange problem
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I have heard this one so many times I am getting a bit curious too:
> what is exactly your problem that requires higher precision than to
> about 16 decimal places? Even Bill Gate$' fabulous wealth can be
> expressed quite accurately, to the last cent in fact, using just 16
> digits. That's plenty astronomical to me! jiri
Well, Jiri,
The origin of this problem was with code that failed at one decimal place.
It was exactly the kind of thing you might run into doing graphics, where
a coordinate is computed via division. It can be patched by adding .00001
or similar small value to the number(s) passed - messy but effective.
Regards,
Irv
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