Chapter 5. Floating Point (FLP)
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FLP30-C. Do not use floating-point variables as loop counters
Because floating-point numbers represent real numbers, it is often mistakenly assumed that they can represent any simple fraction exactly. Floating-point numbers are subject to representational limitations just as integers are, and binary floating-point numbers cannot represent all real numbers exactly, even if ...
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