From: Mike '/m' 


The Windows calc had other problems as well.  There was one like

        3.21 - .10 = 3.10

Made it a lot of fun to balance a checkbook.

 /m

On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 10:31:28 +0100, Thees Peereboom
 wrote:

>Bob,
>
>You shouldn't - this is the way the original Windows calculator
>worked...
>
>- Thees Peereboom
>
>On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 13:31:59 -0500, "Robert Comer"
> wrote:
>
>>That's one of the most bizarre things I've seen.  Any businesses that I've
been in contact with round up on 5.
>>
>>- Bob Comer 
>>
>>
>>  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3dcbfdfe$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>     .NET follows IEEE 754 which specifies round to nearest as round to even.
3.45 rounds to 3.4.  3.55 rounds to 3.6.  You can look up IEEE 754 on the
web if you are not familiar.
>>
>>  Rich
>>
>>    "chad"  wrote in message
news:3dcbd8a3{at}w3.nls.net...
>>    i feel all dirty for making a post so pro microsoft like i did before (in
>>    the anti MS rant thread.)  they really are evidence of the adage:
absolute
>>    power corrupts absolutely.
>>
>>    so i just got this from one of the development vp's in my company, in an
>>    email entitled "only in Microsoft software."  i
figured i would send it
>>    along, to help cleanse myself.
>>
>>    .NET's Math.Round function rounds "down" 0.5 (i.e.
3.45 rounds to 3.4)
>>    SQL Server's decimal-rounding rounds "up" 0.5 (i.e.
3.45 rounds to 3.5)
>>
>>    Another "win" for MS :(
>>
>>    chad - feeling a little better now

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