On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:15:52 -0800 (PST), "
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On Feb 19, 11:21*am, Ed Huntress wrote:

When I was in 5th grade, I was one of the early victims of "New Math."
I vaguely remember that it was taught when we were learning about
number lines, truncating decimal fractions, and so on. Maybe they
thought we were all going to be computer scientists. g


Ed Huntress

It is not important for computer science. It is important for
bankers.

Dan

Maybe my banker needs an upgrade then. That could be the problem here.
d8-)

But rounding is a significant issue in computer science, somewhere.
Maybe it's in programming, or maybe elsewhere. It's not something I
worry about.

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Ed Huntress