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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Floating point multiplication in python |
| Date | 2011-09-06 23:35 -0700 |
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:51:13 +1000, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:
> What you probably mean to say is that binary hardware usually implements
> multiplication via repeated addition.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_multiplier
>
Technically, as shown by that article, binary multiplication is not
what is commonly thought of "repeated addition" (the method used on old
adding machines wherein one hit "+" /n/ times [though one normally
entered a "0" for each place: rather than hit "+" 20 time for 123 * 20,
on would hit 123, 0 "+", enter a 0 {giving 1230}, then hitting 2 "+"]).
In binary most of the subparts are the results of left shifts
(factors of 2); so "repeated" doesn't really apply... Multiple shift/add
OTOH...
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Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
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Floating point multiplication in python xyz <xyzhtml@163.com> - 2011-09-06 13:57 +0800
Re: Floating point multiplication in python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-09-06 17:11 +1000
Re: Floating point multiplication in python Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-09-06 12:14 +0200
Re: Floating point multiplication in python Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-09-06 18:07 +0200
Re: Floating point multiplication in python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-09-07 14:51 +1000
Re: Floating point multiplication in python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-09-06 23:35 -0700
Re: Floating point multiplication in python Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 10:57 +0200
Re: Floating point multiplication in python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-09-07 05:37 -0400
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