On my computur, the expression .1 + .2 - .3 gives
PERL VERSION RESULT
5.20.0 5.55111512312578e-17
6 version 2014.09 built on parrat 6.7.0, revision 0 0
I like Perl 6 better. See
http://www.slideshare.net/Ovid/perl-6-for-mere-mortals
for more information.
-mark