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Re: Strange problem [message #28206 is a reply to message #28141]

Mon, 26 November 2001 14:16

Paul van Delst
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Andre Kyme wrote:
>
> "Pavel A. Romashkin" wrote:
>
>> Please enlighten me why would one want to use a floating point value as
>> a counter?
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>> Andre Kyme wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> type: for i=0., 0.8., 0.1 do print,i
>>> That's bad isn't it?i
>
> Pavel,
> Floating point counters are so roomy you can put you're PC, lunch, coffee,
> and notes on them and still have room to move!

Apparently they're not so roomy as to avoid spilling your coffee all over your PC and using
your notes as lunch napkins.

paulv

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		Strange problem By: Andre Kyme on Sun, 25 November 2001 16:46
		Re: Strange problem By: Paul van Delst on Mon, 26 November 2001 14:16
		Re: Strange problem By: James Kuyper Jr. on Mon, 26 November 2001 10:03
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