Re: Floating point issue in sbcl 1.0.10?

What would you expect as a result? Think about it.

Well, I would expect 1229.99, wouldn't you? This is the result every
other language I've used would return. (I just checked several to
confirm -- C, Fortran, perl, R, APL). Even my free piece-of-junk
solar calculator can get the "correct" answer. If this is a floating
point nuance as you claim, and is the expected answer, then perhaps I
need to reevalulate learning lisp -- it may not be suitable for my
needs.

(sorry if this is a repeat -- original reply seemed to get lost...)

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