____/ ray on Thursday 13 March 2008 18:15 : \____
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:28:43 -0700, Doug Mentohl wrote:
>
>> "Type 1234.1234 into Excel and it displays as 1234.1234 correctly.
>> However, save the file as XML and a nasty little secret gets revealed:
>> Excel actually stores it as 1234.1233999999999 in the XML file"
>>
>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/174843/ship-of-fools/page4.html
>
> Close enough.
But it's not a mistake. It's a candidate for becoming the truth, just like
those arbitrary leap years.
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