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   Raoul Watson to Ralph   
   Re: 100% quandry   
   07 Jun 09 13:59:04   
   
   From: WatsonR@IntelligenCIA.com   
      
   Ralph wrote:   
   ....   
    >> we just have a different view as to what constitutes a   
   > "bug". If something that is documented to behave a particular way, and does   
   > so consistently for some thirty years, I don't see how the fact you feel it   
   > should behave differently is in any way a "bug".   
   ..   
      
   You are absolutely right, our view differs. If round 0.585 produces the   
   erroneous 0.58 as I have shown with the sample code, and we accepted MS   
   explanation about the IEEE floating point issues for the past 30 years,   
   then it is on us. MS has the ability to fix this issue. Anything that   
   can be fixed but it's broken in code, I call a bug, you can call it   
   whatever you want.   
      
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