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by edflsafoiewq 1895 days ago
What precise number representation do you want that's free of such "surprises"?
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lmilcin 1895 days ago
There exists no representation without "surprises" and it is easy to show why that must be.

The closest you can get is some systems like Matlab/Octave that specialize in working with numbers.

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