Strange math behaviour... could someone explain this ?

[jbv]

other environment tested : javascript

IE 5.01 Mac OS9
    (36 - 34.2) * 100    ->    179.9999999999997
    Math.floor((36 - 34.2) * 100)    ->    179

IE 6 Win XP
    (36 - 34.2) * 100    ->    179.99999999999971
    Math.floor((36 - 34.2) * 100)    ->    179

Firefox 1.0 Win XP
    (36 - 34.2) * 100    ->    179.99999999999972
    Math.floor((36 - 34.2) * 100)    ->    179

JB


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> Yes, here's the results of all the environments I could find on my
> computers:
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