HI Eljay, thanks a lot! yes, not being a computer scientist, I was not aware of this article... this definitely will give me insight, but probably not quick answers to my (silly)questions....any further help, gurus? thanks a lot, again! Best, Muge On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 14:03, Eljay Love-Jensen wrote: > Hi Muge, > > >could you give me some insight? > > Please read this "What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic" article by David Goldberg... > http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html > > HTH, > --Eljay