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| From | Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: zero up memory |
| Date | 2012-01-25 15:49 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jfp89v$7gd$7@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:39:15 +0000, Kleuske saw fit to publish the
following:
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:31:38 -0800, Keith Thompson saw fit to publish
> the following:
>
>> Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> writes:
<snip>
>>> if(((a+epsilon)<b)&&((a-epsilon)>b))
>>> {
>>>
>>> }
>>
>> That doesn't address the question, which is how the processor performs
>> a floating-point equality test, the one specified by C's "==" operator.
>
> In fact it did, if only in passing. The comparison is a bit-wise one,
> IIRC, and using '==' for floats and doubles is strongly discouraged
> where i work.
"Strongly discouraged" as in "Do it again, and you're fired".
--
If some day we are defeated, well, war has its fortunes, good and bad.
-- Commander Kor, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7
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zero up memory "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-23 10:51 -0500
Re: zero up memory Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-23 16:30 +0000
Re: zero up memory Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2012-01-23 17:57 +0100
Re: zero up memory Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-01-23 12:07 -0500
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-23 09:08 -0800
Re: zero up memory Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-23 09:22 -0800
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-23 10:13 -0800
Re: zero up memory Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-23 12:00 -0800
Re: zero up memory Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-23 20:14 +0000
Re: zero up memory "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 16:46 -0500
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-23 14:05 -0800
Re: zero up memory Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-23 23:21 +0000
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-24 09:35 -0800
Re: zero up memory Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-24 20:56 +0000
Re: zero up memory Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-24 14:07 -0800
Re: zero up memory Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-25 17:38 +0000
Re: zero up memory Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2012-01-24 23:15 +0100
Re: zero up memory Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-24 14:31 -0800
Re: zero up memory Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-25 15:39 +0000
Re: zero up memory Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-25 15:49 +0000
Re: zero up memory Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-26 03:09 -0800
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-25 13:05 -0800
Re: zero up memory Sjouke Burry <s@b> - 2012-01-25 23:25 +0000
Re: zero up memory Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-26 03:11 -0800
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-26 11:48 -0800
Re: zero up memory gordonb.p79fg@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2012-03-12 17:55 -0500
Re: zero up memory James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-03-12 22:10 -0400
Re: zero up memory Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-03-12 23:24 -0400
Re: zero up memory James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-03-12 23:53 -0400
Re: zero up memory gordonb.pu5nu@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2012-03-13 00:58 -0500
Re: zero up memory James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-03-14 11:17 -0400
Re: zero up memory Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-26 11:19 -0800
Re: zero up memory Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-27 08:13 +0000
Re: zero up memory Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-26 14:42 +0000
Re: zero up memory Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-25 12:33 -0800
Re: zero up memory Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-26 14:12 +0000
Re: zero up memory James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-24 17:43 -0500
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-24 16:29 -0800
Re: zero up memory James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-24 21:43 -0500
Re: zero up memory Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-24 23:58 -0800
Re: zero up memory Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-25 17:52 +0000
Re: zero up memory Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-25 17:48 +0000
Re: zero up memory Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-25 12:15 -0600
Re: zero up memory blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-25 10:35 -0800
Re: zero up memory Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-25 17:15 -0600
Re: zero up memory Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-25 17:23 -0600
Re: zero up memory "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-25 23:51 +0000
Re: zero up memory Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-26 18:35 -0600
Re: zero up memory James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-25 13:17 -0500
Re: zero up memory Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-23 22:55 +0000
Re: zero up memory jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-01-24 20:45 +0000
Re: zero up memory Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-24 14:13 -0800
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