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Re: Floating Point Test Suite

From jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Floating Point Test Suite
Date 2015-11-12 23:06 +0000
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Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:46:46 +0000, jimp wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Almost nobody knows what IEEE754 is or is effected by it.
>>
> 
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
> 
> You deserve the Supreme Idiot Award for that statement!
> 
> IEEE754 is so deeply infused in our society that nothing could
> really exist without it.  William Kahan heralded it as one of
> the greatest achievements of the 20th century.
> 
> Make sure to check out your window regularly.  They should be
> coming to lock you up for such a preposterous claim.
> 
> Whooooooooh haaaa!  What a whopper!
> 
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Try asking someone on the street how IEEE754 has effected them
and see what happens.

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 17:58 +0000
  Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 23:44 +0100
    Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 22:54 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 00:23 +0100
  Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-11 23:16 +0000
    Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-11 23:48 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 00:32 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Test Suite Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 07:52 +0100
        Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 21:13 +0000
          Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 21:46 +0000
            Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 22:27 +0000
              Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-12 23:06 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-12 23:40 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 00:12 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 00:24 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-13 06:10 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 18:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 20:03 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 20:40 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 20:51 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 21:10 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 21:29 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 19:35 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 03:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 20:34 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite "Bob Sutter" <invalid@exampl.com> - 2015-11-14 13:40 -0800
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                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 03:50 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 04:47 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 05:12 +0000
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                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-15 00:37 +0000
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                Re: Floating Point Test Suite "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-11-13 18:05 -0800

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