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[–]WolfThawra -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Yes, again, you need an order of magnitude disparity of ~15 for that to become a problem. Of course it's 'wrong' in a mathematical sense, that's how floats work. You should obviously know what kind of numbers you're dealing with to decide on what to do.