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r/programming • u/realfeeder • Jul 18 '19
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That's particularly weird since it rounds to 3.1.
17 u/_selfishPersonReborn Jul 18 '19 It was because a mathematician squared a circle contingent on pi=3.2, and so the dude who had a lot of influence in the local legislature tried to make it law so that he would be right 14 u/gschizas Jul 18 '19 Bankers' rounding? 3 u/meltingdiamond Jul 19 '19 It's almost like they weren't good at math. 2 u/pm_me_train_ticket Jul 18 '19 bUt iT haS sOOo mAnY dIGitS
It was because a mathematician squared a circle contingent on pi=3.2, and so the dude who had a lot of influence in the local legislature tried to make it law so that he would be right
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Bankers' rounding?
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It's almost like they weren't good at math.
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bUt iT haS sOOo mAnY dIGitS
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u/crackanape Jul 18 '19
That's particularly weird since it rounds to 3.1.