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Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve

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Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> Greetings physics enthusiasts,
> 
> To all those wise-ass dumb-fscks who adamantly claim that a knowledge
> of floating point operations is superfluous, this one is for youse (you all).

I don't think anyone other than you has said any such thing.

Rather, most people have said that your "interest" in floating point
operations is obsessive to say the least.

<snip>

> You are experiencing a lot of divide-by-zero exceptions and other strange
> problems that is halting progress.  The lab down the hall is doing very
> well with no issues.

Never in 43 years of programming have I seen such a problem due to lack
of understanding of IEEE754.

I have seen a LOT of such problems due to a lack of understanding of
memory management and use of pointers.

I have seen exactly one problem due to the lack of understanding of
the resolution limits for floating point arithmatic.

<snip>
 
> Note: the fictitious scenario depicted above is not all outlandish
> or far-fetched and does represent a possibly very common occurrence.

No, it does not by any stretch of the imagination represent a possibly
very common occurrence.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 19:43 +0000
  Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 19:59 +0000
    Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 20:16 +0000
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        Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 22:32 +0000
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            Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 23:52 +0000
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  Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 21:14 +0000
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    Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 22:04 +0000
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        Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 23:54 +0000
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  Re: IEEE754 compliance is the _default_. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-14 02:08 +0000
    Re: IEEE754 compliance is the _default_. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-13 19:30 -0700

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