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Subject: Re: double == double
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:41:26 -0400
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On 10/15/2016 8:04 AM, Michael Jung wrote:
> More pointedly: don't use "==", when doing arithmetic. One of the
> applications of using "==" on doubles may be when they are used as
> version numbers such as modelling those of (La)TeX in Java.

I don't think that double nor String are good choices for version
numbers.

Version numbers has a large number of funky variations and
rules.

Arne