In most of the applications, there is practically no difference between 11169568236203649 and 11169568236203648. Unfortunately, every digit matters in the case of function mod.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Floating Point Representation: the Loss of Precision
On SAS PC, 11169568236203649 is actually represented as 11169568236203648 due to the limitation of 64-bit IEEE floating point representation.
In most of the applications, there is practically no difference between 11169568236203649 and 11169568236203648. Unfortunately, every digit matters in the case of function mod.
In most of the applications, there is practically no difference between 11169568236203649 and 11169568236203648. Unfortunately, every digit matters in the case of function mod.
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