Re: implicit promotion

From	Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: implicit promotion
Date	2011-05-31 01:24 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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On Mon, 30 May 2011 09:23:52 -1000, Pete Becker wrote:

> Nobody's bothered by 3*(1/3) not being 1, but somehow there's a
> perception that there's something unsavory about 10*(1.0/10.0) not
> having to be 1, even though it's exactly the same issue.

These are both huge problems that really shouldn't happen.  It's crazy.
You have to do 3 *(1.0f/3.0f) in order to get a mathmatically valid 
calculation that a standard calculator does.

Just nuts...

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implicit promotion Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-30 01:44 +0000
  Re: implicit promotion red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2011-05-29 20:35 -0700
    Re: implicit promotion ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-30 00:01 -0400
      Re: implicit promotion Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 16:08 +1200
        Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 01:18 -0500
          Re: implicit promotion Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-05-30 11:45 +0000
            Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 05:49 -0700
              Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 08:58 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:01 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:07 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:07 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:13 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:27 -1000
            Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 10:17 -0500
              Re: implicit promotion Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-05-30 18:20 +0000
                Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 14:06 -0500
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:23 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:29 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-31 01:24 +0000
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                Re: implicit promotion ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-31 00:52 -0400
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 17:36 -1000
              Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 11:39 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:02 -1000

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