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Jeff in GA Jeff in GA is offline
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Default Unacceptable floating point errors

This is NOT some calculation to the nth place or an atomic weight.

This is: .29 - .28

Instead of returning the correct answer of 0.01, Microsoft Excel returns
0.00999999999999995

This floating point excuse for can not be blamed for poor product quality.

Does Microsoft ever plan to repair its product, or should it only be used
for calculating federal budget numbers?