Re: floor problems
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg8246] Re: [mg8113] floor problems
- From: seanross at worldnet.att.net
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 21:17:03 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Sergio Rojas wrote: > > : In[13]:= > : InputForm[.7 10 67-469] > : Out[13]//InputForm= > : 0. > : In[12]:= > : InputForm[10 67 .7-469] > : Out[12]//InputForm= > : -5.684341886080801*^-14 > > Why this does not happen in Mathematica: > > In[9]:= $Version > > Out[9]= DEC OSF/1 Alpha 2.2 (September 9, 1994) > > In[10]:= InputForm[.7 10 67-469] > > Out[10]//InputForm= 0. > > In[11]:= InputForm[10 67 .7-469] > > Out[11]//InputForm= 0. Wonderful! Your unix based system works more consistently than a pentium based windows machine(no real surprise there). A programming language can never be better than the system to which it sends function calls.