> Combining two decimal numbers with non-division arithmetic never leads to that case. Most types are subject to overflow that has similar effects. Most of th

> Combining two decimal numbers with non-division arithmetic never leads to that case. Most types are subject to overflow that has similar effects. Most of the FP error people encounter is actually division error. For example, the constant 0.1 contains an implicit division. The "tenths" place is defined by division by 10. I think that almost all perceptions of floating point lossiness come from this fact.