Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Sergey Avseyev Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: Math cube root Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:45:42 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <52af0ed0252adbd3445f639fbff6282f@ruby-forum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1305143239 40536 65.111.164.187 (11 May 2011 19:47:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 19:47:19 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <52af0ed0252adbd3445f639fbff6282f@ruby-forum.com> X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 383000 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:4288 How can you explain this: $ irb 1.9.2p180 (main):001:0> 1000 ** (1.0/3) 9.999999999999998 1.9.2p180 (main):002:0> Math.sqrt(100) 10.0 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.