From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Boeing 787 integer overflow
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 14:17:26 +0200
Date: 2015-05-04T14:17:26+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x6ylsamkw1s1$.oijdzulh0l8s.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mi7kvr$3j0$1@dont-email.me
On Mon, 04 May 2015 13:26:50 +0200, G.B. wrote:
> On 04.05.15 10:45, robin.vowels@gmail.com wrote:
>> Detecting overflow is typically very fast.
>
> Is it fast?
It is not trivial to handle hardware counter's overflows, e.g. by extending
it, like 32->64, a lot of ugly issues with race conditions.
As a programmer I always suggest to scrap garbage hardware. Engineers
usually propose the opposite - to fix hardware by software means. That is
how people get hurt! (:-()
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-02 23:34 Boeing 787 integer overflow Robert Love
2015-05-03 11:23 ` Maciej Sobczak
2015-05-03 15:27 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-03 16:03 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-03 23:34 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-05-04 0:00 ` robin.vowels
2015-05-04 0:38 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-04 1:55 ` robin.vowels
2015-05-03 23:54 ` robin.vowels
2015-05-04 8:28 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-04 8:45 ` robin.vowels
2015-05-04 11:26 ` G.B.
2015-05-04 12:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2015-05-04 12:53 ` G.B.
2015-05-04 13:28 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-05-03 23:49 ` robin.vowels
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