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		seba_dos1 on April 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 0.30000000000000004 That "digits=18" in R example probably bothers me more than it should.

lacampbell on April 2, 2017 | [–]

I was literally wondering why R gave an "accurate" result for 0.2 + 0.1 the other night, despite using doubles. The printer has an algorithm to round then stringify

jwilk on April 2, 2017 | [–]

https://github.com/erikwiffin/0.30000000000000004/pull/107

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