Michael: in computers, what is 1*1.5?
sarah: 2
Michael: good guess
no
sarah: 1
?
Michael: it is typically 12
1
1
integer arith.
sarah: ah
i forgot about that
Michael: i just discovered a HUGE thing in VB that shocked me
sarah: so 1*1.9 is 1, too
Michael: yes
sarah: what's that?
Michael: CINT(1.9) is used to convert the argument to an integer
so, i would expect...
CINT(1.9) = 2
wait
I would expect cint(1.9)=1
sarah: ya
no?
Michael: it doesn't. Cint ROUNDS....holy shit
sarah: :)
Michael: i called bryan. he didn't believe me
sarah: crazy!
Michael: this is so backwards
sarah: you guys are nerdy
:)
Michael: seriouslyt
sarah: i know!
Michael: it gets worse
sarah: it's so awesome!
and crazy!
crazily awesomely crazy!
Michael: it uses scientific rounding -- it rounds .5 to the nearest even!
cint(1.5) = 2
cint(2.5) = 2
sarah: omg no way!
Michael: so to go from assuming it simply truncated to now rounding ina very unusual way is very disconcerting
you think you are funny but you are not.
