[Haskell-cafe] smallest double eps

[Brian Hulley]

Lennart Augustsson wrote:
> Hang on, hang on, now I'm getting confused.
> 
> First you asked for the smallest (positive) x such that
>    1+x /= x
> which is around x=4.5e15.

1 + 0 /= 0

0 is smaller than 4.5e15

So I don't understand this at all...

Regards, Brian.
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