Task: Pathological floating point problems
C: #include<stdio.h>
#include<gmp.h>

void firstCase(){
	mpf_t a,b,c;
	
	mpf_inits(a,b,c,NULL);
	
	mpf_set_str(a,"0.1",10);
	mpf_set_str(b,"0.2",10);
	mpf_add(c,a,b);
	
	gmp_printf("\n0.1 + 0.2 = %.*Ff",20,c);
}

void pathologicalSeries(){
	int n;
	mpf_t v1, v2, vn, a1, a2, a3, t2, t3, prod;
	
	mpf_inits(v1,v2,vn, a1, a2, a3, t2, t3, prod,NULL);
	
	mpf_set_str(v1,"2",10);
	mpf_set_str(v2,"-4",10);
	mpf_set_str(a1,"111",10);
	mpf_set_str(a2,"1130",10);
	mpf_set_str(a3,"3000",10);
	
	for(n=3;n<=100;n++){
		mpf_div(t2,a2,v2);
		mpf_mul(prod,v1,v2);
		mpf_div(t3,a3,prod);
		mpf_add(vn,a1,t3);
		mpf_sub(vn,vn,t2);
		
		if((n>=3&&n<=8) || n==20 || n==30 || n==50 || n==100){
			gmp_printf("\nv_%d : %.*Ff",n,(n==3)?1:(n>=4&&n<=7)?6:(n==8)?7:(n==20)?16:(n==30)?24:(n==50)?40:78,vn);
		}
		
		mpf_set(v1,v2);
		mpf_set(v2,vn);
	}
}

void healthySeries(){
	int n;
	
	mpf_t num,denom,result;
	mpq_t v1, v2, vn, a1, a2, a3, t2, t3, prod;
	
	mpf_inits(num,denom,result,NULL);
	mpq_inits(v1,v2,vn, a1, a2, a3, t2, t3, prod,NULL);
	
	mpq_set_str(v1,"2",10);
	mpq_set_str(v2,"-4",10);
	mpq_set_str(a1,"111",10);
	mpq_set_str(a2,"1130",10);
	mpq_set_str(a3,"3000",10);
	
	for(n=3;n<=100;n++){
		mpq_div(t2,a2,v2);
		mpq_mul(prod,v1,v2);
		mpq_div(t3,a3,prod);
		mpq_add(vn,a1,t3);
		mpq_sub(vn,vn,t2);
		
		if((n>=3&&n<=8) || n==20 || n==30 || n==50 || n==100){
			mpf_set_z(num,mpq_numref(vn));
			mpf_set_z(denom,mpq_denref(vn));
			mpf_div(result,num,denom);

			gmp_printf("\nv_%d : %.*Ff",n,(n==3)?1:(n>=4&&n<=7)?6:(n==8)?7:(n==20)?16:(n==30)?24:(n==50)?40:78,result);
		}
		
		mpq_set(v1,v2);
		mpq_set(v2,vn);
	}
}

int main()
{	
	mpz_t rangeProd;
	
	firstCase();
	
	printf("\n\nPathological Series : ");
	
	pathologicalSeries();
	
	printf("\n\nNow a bit healthier : ");
	
	healthySeries();

	return 0;
}

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