From: Lee Hachadoorian <lee.hachadoorian@gmail.com>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Round integer division
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:07:40 -0400
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On 06/25/2010 07:00 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> That all floating point representations are approximate?
>
But if it's error due to approximation, shouldn't the result be random?
I tried this for a handful of larger numbers, and it appears to
consistently round to the even number. Wouldn't that have to be
intentionally programmed that way?
--Lee
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Lee Hachadoorian
PhD Student, Geography
Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences
CUNY Graduate Center
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