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Why are these two different? The numbers are the same; just re-arranged.
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| ruby-1.9.2-rc1 > 707106783028.0 * 1 / 1000000002604.0 * 707106783027.0 / 1000000002603.0 | |
| => 0.49999999999999994 | |
| ruby-1.9.2-rc1 > 1 / 1000000002604.0 * 707106783027.0 / 1000000002603.0 * 707106783028.0 | |
| => 0.5 |
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On ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [x86_64-linux] they were the same for me.
irb(main):002:0> 707106783028.0 * 1 / 1000000002604.0 * 707106783027.0 / 1000000002603.0
=> 0.5
irb(main):003:0> 1 / 1000000002604.0 * 707106783027.0 / 1000000002603.0 * 707106783028.0
=> 0.5
You got me to install ruby, congrats. I guess this version installed with my centos linux is much older than yours though.