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From: "Martin" <martin.dowie@afraidof.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Comparing Floating Point Values
Date: 14 Dec 2006 14:22:34 -0800
Date: 2006-12-14T14:22:34-08:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1166134954.701862.221690@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YoCdnUX_BqgnKR3YnZ2dnUVZ_qK3nZ2d@comcast.com>

Steve wrote:
[snip]
> http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm

I'd second this - I've used the algorithms before and hightlights the
problems using the solutions provided 'above' in this thread.

Another path could be to ask... "Do I /really/ need to use
Floating-Point or would Fixed-Point be better?"...

Cheers
-- Martin




      reply	other threads:[~2006-12-14 22:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-13 16:14 Comparing Floating Point Values markp
2006-12-13 16:45 ` Adam Beneschan
2006-12-13 16:51 ` Ludovic Brenta
2006-12-13 20:02 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-12-13 20:13 ` Gautier
2006-12-14  2:21 ` Steve
2006-12-14 22:22   ` Martin [this message]
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