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Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 20:18:21 +0200
To: "Todd Ruth" <truth@proposaltech.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Float comparison
From: pierre.php@gmail.com ("Pierre Joye")

Hi Todd,

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Todd Ruth <truth@proposaltech.com> wrote:
> I'm afraid you'll find Pierre's response representative.  The
>  php devs seem to consider the fact that a theoretically perfect
>  "==" doesn't exist

We are not the ones to consider that, that's a fact since the very
first floating point unit was implemented. That's a golden rule in
programming.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre
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