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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.comics.strips, comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: xkcd: Day Counter |
| Date | 2026-04-05 14:13 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <87mrzhp0tt.fsf@example.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <10qq170$d49s$2@dont-email.me> <10qtr82$1f4di$2@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> writes:
> Lynn McGuire wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
>
>> xkcd: Day Counter
>> https://xkcd.com/3228/
>>
>> Yes, floating point errors are the bane of my life ! Not so much now
>> with double precision but the single precision days were nightmares.
>
> Well these days we have long double.
C has had long double as a standard type since the original 1989
ANSI C standard. (K&R1, 1978, didn't have long double.)
But wider floating-point types don't eliminate rounding errors.
[...]
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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