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| From | markspace <-@.> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: higher precision doubles |
| Date | 2011-08-06 13:29 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <j1k87t$kol$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <j1hqc1$1ch$1@news.albasani.net> <strictfp-20110806003831@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <j1k4db$1n2$1@news.albasani.net> |
On 8/6/2011 12:24 PM, Jan Burse wrote:
> Motivating example, in Go we have:
...
> In Java we have:
...
> zero1=-2.4492935982947064E-16
> zero2=-2.4492935982947064E-16
I honestly don't find this very motivating. Zero is what you make of it.
In engineering I learning that 6 digits are sufficient for almost any
practical task. 30 is way overkill.
As far as printing is concerned, don't get confused by the funny
numbers. It's just a matter of understanding and selecting the correct
format.
Counter motivating example:
public class FpPrint {
public static void main( String[] args )
{
System.out.printf( "%6.6f\n", Math.sin( Math.PI * 2 ) );
System.out.printf( "%6.6f\n", StrictMath.sin( StrictMath.PI * 2
) );
}
}
run:
-0.000000
-0.000000
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
Here we understand what significant digits mean, and we print the
correct and desired number of digits. We're good.
There's many times many accumulated errors between 0 and 2 x 10^-16 .
Just because the default Java printer doesn't print a "0" doesn't mean
we should panic. That's really all your demonstrating here: the default
printing behavior of System.out.println.
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Re: higher precision doubles Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-08-06 14:51 -0700
Re: higher precision doubles Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-08-07 00:57 +0200
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