Re: crash during file writing, how to recover ?

From: Chris Sonnack (Chris_at_Sonnack.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:11:09 -0500

CBFalconer wrote:

> In the US we round 0.50..0 of anything up to 1.0, which produces
> a bias of some size. If the perpetrator had been satisfied with
> this he might still be collecting. Rounding down also produces
> a bias, while round to even is (normally) unbiased.

Isn't "Banker's Rounding" rounding to even (or similar)? 

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