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Fixes #ISSUE_NUMBER

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Manually zero the gradients after updating weights by using machine epsilon for standard float(64-bit).

import sys
        
a.grad = loss*sys.float_info.epsilon
b.grad = loss*sys.float_info.epsilon
c.grad = loss*sys.float_info.epsilon
d.grad = loss*sys.float_info.epsilon

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Manually zero the gradients after updating weights by using machine epsilon for standard float (64-bit).
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