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Re: Pure newbie :(

Subject: Re: Pure newbie :(
From: Troy Dawson <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:33:30 -0800

On Nov 11, 2003, at 11:54 AM, David Blanton wrote:

On 11/11/03 12:07 PM, "Tony S. Wu" <email@hidden> wrote:

try using double.
never compare two floats.

Why never compare two floats?

I'm no numerics expert, but I think two floats aren't any less reliable, philosophically, than two doubles.

changing the literal to 0.400000f forces it to float and the comparison evaluates as expected.
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