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1. strange sums (score: 1): Author: John Fennick <jhf2@adelphia.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:38:23 -0400; Hi Group, Using S-Plus version 7.2 under Win 2000 Can anyone explain this? [1] 9.2 [1] -2.220446e-016 [1] -2.220446e-016 [1] 0.4 (These were repeatable after shut down and cold restart.) thanks john; /archives/html/s-news/2005-09/msg00076.html (6,991 bytes)
2. strange sums (score: 1): Author: John Fennick <jhf2@adelphia.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:50:34 -0400; Sorry about that, not a good day Hi Group, Using S-Plus version 7.2 under Win 2000 Can anyone explain this? [1] 9.2 [1] -2.220446e-016 [1] -2.220446e-016 [1] 0.4 (These were repeatable after shut dow; /archives/html/s-news/2005-09/msg00077.html (7,036 bytes)
3. Fwd: strange sums (score: 1): Author: "Richard M. Heiberger" <rmh@temple.edu>; Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:29:06 -0400; This is perfectly normal and correct behavior. Computers use base 2 arithmetic, and your numbers are multiples of 1/5 which doesn't come out even in base 2. [1] 1.20000000000000000 2.7999999999999998; /archives/html/s-news/2005-09/msg00078.html (8,201 bytes)

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