Kalyan Mukherjea wrote: > (* 1.25 1.44)1.7999999999999998 !!! > Does this indicate a fault in the Lisp compiler or an error in the > multiplication table of my Intel 2 chipset? Neither. The Lisp interpreter is using binary floating-point arithmetic, rather than decimal arithmetic. Actually, this calculation is done by the floating-point hardware on your chip. 1.8 is a nice decimal fraction: 9/5, but it repeats in binary. HTH, -- Chris ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your address on the emacspeak list send mail to "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of "unsubscribe" or "help".
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