Re: [OT] somebody could explain this? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Csaba Nagy
Subject Re: [OT] somebody could explain this?
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Msg-id 1131125456.4892.43.camel@coppola.muc.ecircle.de
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In response to Re: somebody could explain this?  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
Responses Re: [OT] somebody could explain this?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Re: [OT] somebody could explain this?  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
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> Floating points numbers are accurate but not precise.

OK, now this one beats me... what's the difference between "accurate"
and "exact" ? I thought both mean something like "correct", but precise
refers to some action and accurate applies to a situation or
description...

I'm actually curios what it means. Merriam-Webster refers for both to
"correct" as a synonym.

Cheers,
Csaba.




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