Re: It's a bug? Re: Strange problem
- Posted by Jiri Babor <J.Babor at GNS.CRI.NZ> Mar 20, 2000
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Irv 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 Well, Irv, Thank you very much for your graphics lecture, but you failed to answer my question again. jiri