numerical bug

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

At 7:30 AM -0800 3/30/2002, Ivers, Doug E wrote:
>Please be aware that  put 10^-1
>yields
>0.10000000000000000555

...if you have previously set the numberFormat to ".##################" or
worse.

When reporting bugs such as this, it is generally better to note all
factors leading to the problem - this avoids both unnecessary alarm
("exponentiation doesn't work!") and wasted testing time, and thus makes
everyone happier. ;-0

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