Sat, 2008-08-23 14:35.
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google is almost as good at math as i am...
399999999999999 - 399999999999998 is pretty simple, right?
hey. at least they got it close :)
addendum: they even messed up on their namesake: 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 - 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 (that's a googol plus one, minus a googol)...
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That's interesting. It seems like some kind of integer overflow or something? Anything less (like 299999999999999 - 299999999999998) gives 1.
But it seems 399999999999999 - 399999999999997. Gives 2. That's a weird quirk.
i think it's a floating point arithmetic quirk, similar to the Excel bug... not that big of a deal, given the relative magnitude of the error here. but interesting nonetheless.