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Re: machine precision [message #66494 is a reply to message #66492]

Tue, 19 May 2009 20:01

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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James Kuyper writes:

> The "sky is falling problem" is fundamentally a problem with
> programmer's expectations being out of line with the way floating point
> numbers actually work. The solution is eduction

And we are making tremendous progress. I don't even
have to think any more. Any article that gets flagged
by my newsgroup filter for having the phrase "Can someone
please explain this!!!!" is automatically sent a link
to The Sky Is Falling article:

http://www.dfanning.com/math_tips/sky_is_falling.html

Easy. :-)

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: machine precision By: Wout De Nolf on Wed, 20 May 2009 06:08
		Re: machine precision By: Carsten Lechte on Wed, 20 May 2009 03:44
		Re: machine precision By: jameskuyper on Wed, 20 May 2009 03:28
		Re: machine precision By: Carsten Lechte on Wed, 20 May 2009 01:46
		Re: machine precision By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 May 2009 20:01
		Re: machine precision By: jameskuyper on Tue, 19 May 2009 18:41
		Re: machine precision By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Tue, 19 May 2009 11:15
		Re: machine precision By: jeffnettles4870 on Tue, 19 May 2009 08:16
		Re: machine precision By: jameskuyper on Mon, 18 May 2009 18:44
		Re: machine precision By: Wout De Nolf on Mon, 18 May 2009 07:02
		Re: machine precision By: Wout De Nolf on Mon, 18 May 2009 06:55
		Re: machine precision By: jameskuyper on Mon, 18 May 2009 06:33
		Re: machine precision By: David Fanning on Mon, 18 May 2009 06:30
		Re: machine precision By: Wout De Nolf on Mon, 18 May 2009 06:04
		Re: machine precision By: David Fanning on Mon, 18 May 2009 04:53

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