"Round to nearest even is the default IEEE rounding mode. This means that 5.5 ro...

		lentil_soup on Oct 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There are only four billion floats, so test them a... "Round to nearest even is the default IEEE rounding mode. This means that 5.5 rounds to 6, and 6.5 also rounds to 6" Does anyone know the reason behind this? why the nearest even and not a hard cut like "always round up with >= 0.5"?