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Floating point error, present in every language that uses floats. This is in no way unique to JavaScript.

• mrrobot2 10y ago
  Talk is cheap, give an example in code.
  • insin 10y ago
    Python REPL: >>> 0.3 - 0.1 0.19999999999999998 Ruby REPL: 0.3 - 0.1 => 0.19999999999999998
    • mrrobot2 10y ago
      https://repl.it/Cbqb https://repl.it/Cbqb unless your Python compiler runs on some sort of JavaScript (-:
      • mrrobot2 10y ago
        And while you're at it, do you know of any other language that does this? http://pasteboard.co/bbM0qneiQ.jpg http://pasteboard.co/bbM0qneiQ.jpg
        • deleted 10y ago
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      • skeeterbug 10y ago
        Python 2.7.12 (default, Jul 1 2016, 15:12:24) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> 0.3 - 0.1 0.19999999999999998 Python 3.5.1 yields the same result
      • Sacho 10y ago
        I don't use python, but print-like functions(or in this case, statements) usually format their output. https://repl.it/Cbqb/1 https://repl.it/Cbqb/1 From the documentation: > print evaluates each expression in turn and writes the resulting object to standard output (see below). If an object is not a string, it is first converted to a string using the rules for string conversions. I can't even find what the rules for string conversions are in the documentation :/ Oddly enough they're not described under https://docs.python.org/2/reference/expressions.html#string-conversions https://docs.python.org/2/reference/expressions.html#string-...