Let's get some errors cleared up first:
+ FixedPoint is not in the distribution.
+ There is no PEP for Decimal.
+ Decimal f.p. is not more accurate than binary f.p. In fact, it's
provably worse (but not by much).
For the rest,
+ Yes, I'm serious about not including tutorial examples with
platform-dependent output, unless they're explicitly meant to
illustrate non-portable code.
+ Specific small examples notwithstanding, there is no uniformity
across platforms in the last digit or so, because not even the IEEE-
754 standard requires that (while C is much sloppier than 754), and
vendors generally don't implement anything better than the minimum
necessary when it comes to f.p. (Sun is a notable exception).
+ Happy to add text explaining the existence of surprises, and
providing a URL. Do the floating-point morons <wink> on Python-Dev
find this one comprehensible?:
http://www.lahey.com/float.htm
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