I know that for most people this thread ended a long time ago, but I am fairly
behind, so I wanted to throw in my $0.02.

The reason that .5 would be rounded up is because you are forgetting about .0
Thus:

.0  .1  .2  .3  .4  .5  .6  .7  .8  .9
                    ^
This is the fifth number because of .0  That way there are five on each side.

-Ryan

Robin wrote:

> > for a# = 0.5 to 10.5
> > print int(a#)
> > next a#
> > do
> > until mouse(_down)
> >
> > You would think it would go 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
> > Instead it goes 0,2,2,4,4,6,6,8,8,10,10
> >
> I remember from years ago that there is some standard rule in which <0.5 is
> rounded down, >0.5 is rounded up, and exactly 0.5 is rounded to the nearest
> even integer.
>
> In the older olden days we always rounded it up, but some bright spark
> decided that this was prejudice. It after all equally close to the next
> highest and next lowest, and using alternating directions of rounding, while
> still arbitrary, at least averages it out rather than biasing calculations
> to an increase.
>
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