weird bc math

[skunk]

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skunk@mescalito ~ $ x=8.24E-7
skunk@mescalito ~ $ echo "$x > 1"|bc -l
1
skunk@mescalito ~ $ echo "$x < 1"|bc -l
0
skunk@mescalito ~ $ x=8.24E-8
skunk@mescalito ~ $ echo "$x > 1"|bc -l
0
skunk@mescalito ~ $ echo "$x < 1"|bc -l
1

please, somebody minds to explain? thank you.

[John R. Graham]

Moved from Other Things Gentoo to Duplicate Threads (and deleted other duplicates). @skunk, please do not make multiple posts on the same topic.

- John