Task: Pathological floating point problems
Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math/big"
)

func main() {
    sequence()
    bank()
    rump()
}

func sequence() {
    
    var v, v1 big.Rat
    v1.SetInt64(2)
    v.SetInt64(-4)
    n := 2
    c111 := big.NewRat(111, 1)
    c1130 := big.NewRat(1130, 1)
    c3000 := big.NewRat(3000, 1)
    var t2, t3 big.Rat
    r := func() (vn big.Rat) {
        vn.Add(vn.Sub(c111, t2.Quo(c1130, &v)), t3.Quo(c3000, t3.Mul(&v, &v1)))
        return
    }
    fmt.Println("  n  sequence value")
    for _, x := range []int{3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 20, 30, 50, 100} {
        for ; n < x; n++ {
            v1, v = v, r()
        }
        f, _ := v.Float64()
        fmt.Printf("%3d %19.16f\n", n, f)
    }
}

func bank() {
    
    var balance struct{ e, d big.Int }
    
    balance.e.SetInt64(1)
    balance.d.SetInt64(-1)
    
    var m, one big.Int
    one.SetInt64(1)
    for y := 1; y <= 25; y++ {
        m.SetInt64(int64(y))
        balance.e.Mul(&m, &balance.e)
        balance.d.Mul(&m, &balance.d)
        balance.d.Sub(&balance.d, &one)
    }
    
    var e, ef, df, b big.Float
    e.SetPrec(100).SetString("2.71828182845904523536028747135")
    ef.SetInt(&balance.e)
    df.SetInt(&balance.d)
    b.Add(b.Mul(&e, &ef), &df)
    fmt.Printf("Bank balance after 25 years: $%.2f\n", &b)
}

func rump() {
    a, b := 77617., 33096.
    fmt.Printf("Rump f(%g, %g): %g\n", a, b, f(a, b))
}

func f(a, b float64) float64 {
    
    
    fp := func(x float64) *big.Float { return big.NewFloat(x).SetPrec(128) }
    a1 := fp(a)
    b1 := fp(b)
    a2 := new(big.Float).Mul(a1, a1)
    b2 := new(big.Float).Mul(b1, b1)
    b4 := new(big.Float).Mul(b2, b2)
    b6 := new(big.Float).Mul(b2, b4)
    b8 := new(big.Float).Mul(b4, b4)
    two := fp(2)
    t1 := fp(333.75)
    t1.Mul(t1, b6)
    t21 := fp(11)
    t21.Mul(t21.Mul(t21, a2), b2)
    t23 := fp(121)
    t23.Mul(t23, b4)
    t2 := new(big.Float).Sub(t21, b6)
    t2.Mul(a2, t2.Sub(t2.Sub(t2, t23), two))
    t3 := fp(5.5)
    t3.Mul(t3, b8)
    t4 := new(big.Float).Mul(two, b1)
    t4.Quo(a1, t4)
    s := new(big.Float).Add(t1, t2)
    f64, _ := s.Add(s.Add(s, t3), t4).Float64()
    return f64
}

VB: Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Numerics
Imports Numerics

#Const USE_BIGRATIONAL = True
#Const BANDED_ROWS = True
#Const INCREASED_LIMITS = True

#If Not USE_BIGRATIONAL Then

Structure BigRational
    Overrides Function ToString() As String
        Return "NOT USING BIGRATIONAL"
    End Function
    Shared Narrowing Operator CType(value As BigRational) As Decimal
        Return -1
    End Operator
End Structure
#End If

Module Common
    Public Const FMT_STR = "{0,4}   {1,-15:G9}   {2,-24:G17}   {3,-32}   {4,-32}"
    Public ReadOnly Property Headings As String =
        String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                      FMT_STR,
                      {"N", "Single", "Double", "Decimal", "BigRational (rounded as decimal)"})

    <Conditional("BANDED_ROWS")>
    Sub SetConsoleFormat(n As Integer)
        If n Mod 2 = 0 Then
            Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White
        Else
            Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.White
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black
        End If
    End Sub

    Function FormatOutput(n As Integer, x As (sn As Single, db As Double, dm As Decimal, br As BigRational)) As String
        SetConsoleFormat(n)
        Return String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, FMT_STR, n, x.sn, x.db, x.dm, CDec(x.br))
    End Function

    Sub Main()
        WrongConvergence()
        Console.WriteLine()
        ChaoticBankSociety()

        Console.WriteLine()
        SiegfriedRump()

        SetConsoleFormat(0)
    End Sub
End Module