From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: REAL
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:42:08 -0700
Date: 2012-03-14T10:42:08-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jjql9h$aed$1@adenine.netfront.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f609d6a$0$6628$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net>
On 03/14/2012 06:30 AM, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
>
> Programmers do care about floating point effects---when they
> strike: but being able to explain possible causes of FPT "effects"
> is an asset to human capital. So it is better to keep the current
> types and effects and acquire the asset. Turns hazards into
> sources of achievement. "So, you handled that effect? Good job!"
This is also part of the reason languages like C and its offspring are popular:
the feeling of satisfaction at accomplishing something despite the complications
imposed by the language. With a language like Ada, you write it and it works.
Where's the fun in that?
--
Jeff Carter
"Mr. President, we must not allow a mine-shaft gap!"
Dr. Strangelove
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2012-02-21 15:42 Verified compilers? Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-24 1:41 ` Shark8
2012-02-24 8:52 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-24 17:36 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-03-06 1:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-03-06 17:24 ` Shark8
2012-03-06 17:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-06 19:03 ` Shark8
2012-03-07 5:33 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-03-07 9:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-07 17:49 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-07 20:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-07 23:28 ` Usefulness of Formal Notions in Programming (was: Verified compilers?) Georg Bauhaus
2012-03-08 9:24 ` Usefulness of Formal Notions in Programming Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-08 10:30 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2012-03-08 12:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-08 0:42 ` Verified compilers? Randy Brukardt
2012-03-08 9:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-08 18:10 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-08 20:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-08 18:02 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-08 20:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-09 0:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-03-09 22:13 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-10 10:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-10 20:35 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-11 9:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-11 22:22 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-12 5:12 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-12 9:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-14 8:36 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-14 9:24 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-03-14 11:14 ` REAL (was: Verified compilers?) stefan-lucks
2012-03-14 12:59 ` REAL Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-14 13:30 ` REAL Georg Bauhaus
2012-03-14 13:51 ` REAL Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-14 20:37 ` REAL Brian Drummond
2012-03-14 21:52 ` REAL Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-14 13:52 ` REAL georg bauhaus
2012-03-14 17:42 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2012-03-14 10:14 ` Verified compilers? Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-14 20:13 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-03-11 10:55 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-03-10 13:46 ` Brian Drummond
2012-03-07 1:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-03-07 12:42 ` Stuart
2012-03-08 1:06 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-03-08 9:04 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2012-03-08 9:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-08 11:23 ` Simon Wright
2012-03-08 12:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-03-08 10:23 ` Brian Drummond
2012-03-08 23:38 ` Bill Findlay
2012-03-09 13:56 ` Brian Drummond
2012-03-09 14:43 ` Shark8
2012-03-09 21:51 ` Brian Drummond
2012-03-09 15:49 ` Bill Findlay
2012-03-09 20:34 ` Brian Drummond
2012-03-09 19:40 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-03-09 20:39 ` Brian Drummond
2012-03-09 23:59 ` phil.clayton
2012-03-08 15:23 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-03-09 2:04 ` Randy Brukardt
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