"for" loops (was Re: C++ vs. Modula2)

[John Woods]

In article <19579 at agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, bowles at eris.berkeley.edu (Jeff A. Bowles) writes:
>    If I had a nickel for every time, in Fortran,
>    that I needed a loop that ran from 0.0 to 1.0 by 0.1 (or the like)
...you'd be broke.  You NEVER need a loop that runs from 0.0 to 1.0 by 0.1.
1/10 is a repeating fraction in binary, and thus .1+.1+.1+.1+.1+.1+.1+.1+.1+.1
does NOT equal 1.0.  Read "The Elements of Programming Style" for more tidbits
on this and other programming topics.
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Presumably this means that it is vital to get the wrong answers quickly.
		Kernighan and Plauger, The Elements of Programming Style