Catastrophic Cancellation

[Sergei Steshenko]

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--- On Wed, 7/2/08, A. Kalten <akalten at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: A. Kalten <akalten at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: Catastrophic Cancellation
> To: help-octave at octave.org
> Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 8:23 PM
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:37:52 -0500
> "Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso"
> <jordigh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> >      octave:1> 0.3 - 0.2 - 0.1
> > 
> 
> octave:1> (0.3 - 0.2 - 0.1)/1e-16
> 
> 
> AK
> 
> 
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octave:1> (0.3 - 0.2 - 0.1)/1e-16
ans = -0.27756
octave:2>
"

- I do not understand what you wanted to say by your reply.

I.e. I do not understand what/where the problem is.

Thanks,
  Sergei.