Re: Floating Point Test Suite

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: Floating Point Test Suite
Date	2015-11-13 20:40 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<8fuhhc-nbc.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink)
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Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 06:10:03 -0500, dvus wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I'd hazard to say that if asked most people would place the toilet way 
>> ahead of IEEE754 in a list of useful human accomplishments.
>> 
> 
> Yeah, but more and more toilets are now incorporating microprocessors
> (with IEEE754) to control such things as flush intensity, bidet sprays,
> and other features that augment the traditional rather barren toilet
> "experience."

Smart toilets are few and far between and a toilet has no need to use
floating point arithmetic; 8 bit integer arithmetic is more than
sufficient for such an application.

That give a one part in 256 resolution for flush intensity, bidet sprays,
etc.

-- 
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
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 02:15 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 13:15 -0800
                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
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 07:13 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-14 19:20 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-15 00:37 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-15 00:56 +0000
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-15 10:28 -0500
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 10:47 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-11-15 16:24 -0500
                Stevin "made the switching device noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-16 13:39 -0800
                Re: Floating Point Test Suite "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-11-13 18:05 -0800

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