Campbell Ritchie wrote:
That means, if you subtract twonumbersintegers and get 0 as the difference, those two numbers are the same. Please search the Ranch for 0.9999999999.... being equal to 1.
[edit]You can probably prove the same for all numbers, real and imaginary.
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Matt Wong wrote:So - I've read this:
Yes, I know this comes down to "divide by zero" - but: WHY? I thought I'm smart about maths (held record for 4 years not getting a single B but all A) - but what's the magic behind this abusing of Exception? Is there really any difference than "return a==b;"?
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