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| From | George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> |
| Newsgroups | comp.compilers |
| Subject | Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations |
| Date | Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:51:08 -0400 |
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:41:12 -0400, George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote: >Floating point operations, in general, are not commutative: changing >the order of evaluation of sub-expressions can change the results. John replied: >[I think you mean they're not associative. I don't know any situations >where a+b != b+a, but lots where a+(b+c) != (a+b)+c -John] Yes, definitely "associative". Thanks for the correction. George
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Compiler optimization and floating point operations Abid <abidmuslim@gmail.com> - 2013-10-23 13:47 -0700
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations Cameron McInally <cameron.mcinally@nyu.edu> - 2013-10-23 22:55 -0400
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-10-24 02:56 +0000
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2013-10-24 07:41 -0400
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2013-10-24 15:51 +0200
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2013-10-24 16:38 +0000
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk - 2013-10-28 15:54 -0700
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2013-10-24 15:51 -0400
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-10-24 20:21 +0000
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk - 2013-10-28 15:50 -0700
Re: Compiler optimization and floating point operations Cameron McInally <cameron.mcinally@nyu.edu> - 2013-10-28 20:41 -0400
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