Re: Beginner question: Precision of floating point arithmetic...

From: Richard Bos (rlb_at_hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 06:33:39 GMT

Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosman@sun.com> wrote:

> Hint: What should your program do if someone asks for $0.14159
> in change?

Sell him some more pie?

Richard

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