Consider the following code named epsError.m,
eps = 1.0;
while 1.0 ~= 1.0 + eps
disp(num2str(eps));
eps = eps / 2.0;
end
disp(['final eps:', num2str(eps)]);
Explain what the code is doing. Run the code and observe the output. How could 1.0 ~= 1.0 + eps be false?!
Consider the following code named epsError.py,
eps = 1.0
while 1.0 != 1.0 + eps:
print ('...............', eps)
eps /= 2.0
print ('final eps:', eps)
Explain what the code is doing. Run the code and observe the output. How could 1.0 != 1.0 + eps be False?
Here is the output of the code,
