Re: LOGO-L> floating point errors in MSWLogo

[Chuck Shavit <CShavit@MagicSquare.com>]

> Adding a delta_t of  0.02 to a time of  0  1640 times gave me a
> value of time that was 32.7799999999995 , that is a small error but
> an error none the less. 

Are you sure it was 32.7799999999995 and not 32.799999999995?  If so, it
cannot be explained by the limited floating point accuracy of the machine.

Chuck
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