program test_epsilon implicit none real(4):: x = 1.0, y y = 5.96046412227E-008 write(*,'(A4,F16.14)') 'x = ', x write(*,'(A4,F16.14)') 'y = ', y write(*,'(A8,F16.14)') 'x + y = ', x+y ! 1.00000000000000 y = 1.19209282445e-007 write(*,'(A4,F16.14)') 'x = ', x write(*,'(A4,F16.14)') 'y = ', y write(*,'(A8,F16.14)') 'x + y = ', x+y ! 1.00000011920929 end program