Re: Numerical instability in extracting base B digits of the fractional part of real

Georgi Guninski <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:35:54 +0200
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Bugs me both constants have exact decimal representation and when I
display them on screen I get the exact decimal value with ?zero?
epsilon:
? 0.33
%1 = 0.33000000000000000000000000000000000000

Does this mean I can't trust the decimal form?