Re: Does the order matter to add a sequence of floating numbers



blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx said:

In article <KpudnSua1py4xrranZ2dnUVZ8t2snZ2d@xxxxxx>,
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I tried fairly hard to write a program to demonstrate this, and failed.
:-)

Is there a subtle joke I'm missing here ....

No, I just went about it the wrong way, that's all - as is evident from
your going about it the right way.

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