Tag Archives: epsilon

Doubles are not floats, so don’t compare them

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

I’ve seen a few online discussions linking to my Comparing Floating Point Numbers page for misguided reasons and I wanted to discuss those reasons to help people understand why throwing epsilons at the problem without understanding the situation is a … Continue reading →

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Comparing Floating Point Numbers, 2012 Edition

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

This post is a more carefully thought out and peer reviewed version of a floating-point comparison article I wrote many years ago. This one gives solid advice and some surprising observations about the tricky subject of comparing floating-point numbers. We’ve … Continue reading →

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