# New Issue: Infinitely summing 0.1 gives error

**URL:** <https://chapel.discourse.group/t/new-issue-infinitely-summing-0-1-gives-error/3497>\
**Category:** Issues\
**Created:** [February 16, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://chapel.discourse.group/t/new-issue-infinitely-summing-0-1-gives-error/3497 "2021-02-16T14:26:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mppf1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@mppf1](https://chapel.discourse.group/u/mppf1)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://chapel.discourse.group/t/new-issue-infinitely-summing-0-1-gives-error/3497/1 "2021-02-16T14:26:03Z")

</div>

17170, "mppf", "Infinitely summing 0.1 gives error", "2021-02-16T14:24:58Z"

> <https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/issues/17170>
>
> From https://chapel.discourse.group/t/infinitely-summing-0-1-gives-error/3490 by nelsonluisdias
> Hello! The following little program should run forever (until overflow, maybe)
> var x = 0.0;
> while true do {
> x +=...

From [Infinitely summing 0.1 gives error](https://chapel.discourse.group/t/infinitely-summing-0-1-gives-error/3490) by nelsonluisdias