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by recursive 832 days ago
Some numbers can be precisely represented using IEEE-754 floats. Two (2) is one of them.
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Yes, but not every calculation that yields 2, also yields 2 when performed in IEEE-754 floats.
Yes, but any calculation that you'd use to count whole units things, like reasons, that would result in 2 would yield precisely 2.
Yes. The quip was only a silly joke.