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: 109d8a,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 107079,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gid107079,public X-Google-Thread: f8362,c7637cfdf68e766 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8362,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" Subject: Re: floating point comparison Date: 1997/08/23 Message-ID: <33FE4D83.4DCD@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 268099771 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <33EA46CC.226@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> <871377938snz@nezumi.demon.co.uk> Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,sci.math.num-analysis,comp.software-eng,comp.theory,sci.math Date: 1997-08-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > > > Well, all fairness aside, I was trying to quantify what cases > > > DON'T need deeper numerical analysis. > > > > I realize that. What I've been arguing against is the implication > > by some that _all_ cases need deeper numerical analysis. Perhaps > > I'm just misinterpreting what they are saying. Let me put my original question another way. Can we (as Sam suggested above) come up with something _at_the_level_of_ Ada Quality and Style that tells the "analysis-challenged" when to call for help--rather than telling them to never use floating point? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be wwgrol AT pseserv3.fw.hac.com 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! ----------------------------------------------------------------------