Re: Bug in Delphi SimpleRoundTo function?

John Herbster wrote:


Ask any mathematician and you'll get the same answer:
0.5 rounds up.

Hogwash! Furthermore, that statement is not even
clear as to whether "rounds up" means away from
zero or toward plus infinity. --JohnH

For most people it is pretty clear: for positive numbers, rounding up
means towards plus infinity AND away from zero.

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Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] http://rvelthuis.de

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