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From: Phil Clayton <phil.clayton@lineone.net>
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Subject: Re: Float conversion
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On Jul 29, 8:15=A0pm, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
wrote:
> You should never use equality or inequality for floating-point types.

Inequalities (<, <=3D, >, >=3D) are ok - I think you meant don't use 'not
equals' (which is still an equality operator).

However, just because equality between floating point numbers is a
dubious concept and should be avoided, it does not mean e.g. "<" and
"<=3D" are simply interchangeable.  Far from it.

Phil