Why is sys.maxint < (sys.maxint - 100 + 0.01) in Python?

Question

Why is sys.maxint < (sys.maxint - 100 + 0.01) in Python?

Answer 1

This is probably due to loss of precision for very large floating point values. (the adding of 0.01 converts the right-hand-side to float).

Edit: I have tried to come up with an exact explanation of what happens here, but to no avail. So I posted a question about it.