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On 03.08.10 03:07, Phil Clayton wrote:

>> Clearly to cover all cases, you
>> need A < B, A = B, A > B, A < C, etc.
> 
> You make it sound easy...  Generally, how do you justify that tests
> 'cover all cases' so giving you a 100% chance of finding an error?

When {A, B, C} in (machine) Float, I guess "<", "=", and ">"
won't tell the whole story in any case? (If they are assumed
to mean what they usually mean in "mathematics".)