By: julia on Abel Soares Siqueira

Re-posted from: https://abelsiqueira.com/blog/2023-08-30-julia-language-cannot-handle-simple-math/

I have a new video up about how Julia cannot even handle simple math! Check the video out or check an edited written version below.

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Introduction

Julia is supposed to be a great programming language, but it can’t even do simple math correctly.
Take a look at this:

julia> 0.1 + 0.2 - 0.3
5.551115123125783e-17

It should be zero, but it’s actually not.
The notation means