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Re: Java puzzler

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Subject	Re: Java puzzler
Date	2011-05-15 08:09 -0700
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On 5/15/2011 7:23 AM, Tom Anderson wrote:
>
> different machines - different processors, different compilers,
> different applications of the same compiler - will carry out that
> calculation in different ways

If you want to define a consistent 100% deterministic algorithm, have 
at.  I'm saying I don't need one.  (I also said that "infinite 
precision" or similar attempts don't work for me, due to being too hard 
to implement in practice.)

>
> You evidently feel that Rubbish Nowhere is a bigger win than Failure
> Somewhere is a loss. Others do not.

Yeah, and I think I'm having a hard time understanding why "Rubbish 
Nowhere" is not universally considered a win.  Who wants rubbish?

>
> So basically, it's a matter of consistent, correct, quick - pick two.

No, it's not.  All three are 100% possible.  I don't think anyone has 
shown that what is being touted here as "consistent" or "deterministic" 
has any use in real world problems.

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  Re: Java puzzler Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-11 05:24 -0700
    Re: Java puzzler Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-11 21:57 +0100
      Re: Java puzzler Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-11 16:07 -0700
        Re: Java puzzler Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-12 21:38 +0100
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            Re: Java puzzler Nancy 3 <n3@gmai1.c0m> - 2011-05-12 16:56 -0400
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                Re: Java puzzler Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-12 16:05 -0700
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                Re: Java puzzler Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-12 18:18 -0700
                Re: Java puzzler markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-12 19:26 -0700
                Re: Java puzzler Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-14 10:18 +0100
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                Re: Java puzzler Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-15 00:41 +0100
                Re: Java puzzler markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-14 18:35 -0700
                Re: Java puzzler Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-14 23:43 -0400
                Re: Java puzzler Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-15 11:16 +0100
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                Re: Java puzzler Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-15 15:23 +0100
                Re: Java puzzler markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-15 08:09 -0700
                Re: Java puzzler Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-15 07:37 -0700
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                Re: Java puzzler Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-15 08:16 -0700
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                Re: Java puzzler Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-12 18:00 -0700
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      Re: Java puzzler "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-12 00:28 -0400
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  Re: Java puzzler Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-11 09:12 -0400
  Re: Java puzzler Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-11 09:13 -0400
  Re: Java puzzler markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-11 08:00 -0700

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