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Comment by JohnHaugeland

4 days ago

> 10 / 3 can = 3, depending on the expected levels of precision.

>> 10 / 3 will never = 3.0.

You should read what they wrote again. They wrote with `≈`, which is a different operator than `=`.

What they wrote is correct.

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> It is sad you still haven't learned this lesson after many decades.

>> I hope I'm never on a bridge you build or plane built to the specs you write if you truly think 10 / 3 = 3.00000.

HN doesn't allow this sort of behavior.