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Re: A Contest



Hey now thats interesting, it should produce the value .8, but it 
produces .799999999993.

Now you shouldn't need eval. (am i missing something here?)

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On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, Ellie wysiwyg wrote:

> To All:
> 
> I hereby declare a contest, the winner wins the resault amount in dollars !!!
> Terms:He who first finds a 'fix' to the following script, so it gives the
> correct answer(by the widespread euclidean system). AND explains the
> existing resualt.
> 
> Here it is:
> document.write(eval(0.85-0.05))
> 
> The check is waiting for YOU !
> 
> Ellie.
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