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  2. From: Bruce Arnold <barnold@vcx.net>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.c,comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Floating Point arithmetic problem
  5. Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 22:39:16 -0800
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  15. > wierd problem with floating point arithmetic on the SUN 4.1.x platform.
  16. > The  insignificant  digits (floating  point) keep accruing ......
  17. > Plan A:  Forget about floating point numbers.  Scale the problem and use integers.
  18. Plan B:  Add a small value, say 0.00000001, so that you never get into the
  19. 9999999999999... problem.  Then use your "scale", "convert to int", "re-scale"
  20. solution to "round off" the unwanted junk.
  21. ...Bruce
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