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"HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> writes:
>     2147483647. d>f f.
> Three possible outcomes spring to mind:
>     2147484000.  ok
>     +INF  ok
>     Error: Insufficient precision
> Which of the above do you consider "insane"?

The second and third.

> If the program expected the answer 2147483647 then you have an
> 'ambiguous condition' 

Actually you have a design error, since floating point numbers have
limited precision, and if you're using them you're supposed to know
that.  That's why 2147484000 (or whatever the nearest float is) is the
right answer.