# I will never understand floating-point arithmetic

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-will-never-understand-floating-point-arithmetic/111342>\
**Category:** Offtopic\
**Tags:** float, precision\
**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-will-never-understand-floating-point-arithmetic/111342 "2024-03-08T10:27:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-will-never-understand-floating-point-arithmetic/111342/20 "2024-03-08T20:26:01Z")

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