From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: f8362,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8362,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109d8a,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: 107079,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gid107079,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" Subject: Re: floating point comparison Date: 1997/08/01 Message-ID: <33E214C3.311C@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 261547033 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <33DF6F43.6EEA4806@digicomp.com> <5rqehs$g1r$1@odin.cc.pdx.edu> <33E11967.4A30@nr.net> Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,sci.math.num-analysis,comp.software-eng,comp.theory,sci.math Date: 1997-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > > But none of these seem to try to lay down a reasonably comprehensive > > set of guidelines that individuals should consider when they begin > > floating-point computation. If there were any contributions to such > > a set I am almost provoked enough to try to take the best of > > everything that we know about this subject and get it into book > > form. > Great! Write the book. We need it. It seems to me that almost no one > understands computer based (pseudo)floating point computation.Write if > you need help or would like input. I'd be pleased if I could just get my hands on a proposed alternative for the "fair bit of embarassing nonsense" in Ada Quality and Style. It would not be appropriate for an general-purpose style guide to mandate "take an introductory course in numerical analysis." -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------