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Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve

From Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain>
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve
Date 2015-11-13 20:16 +0000
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On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:59:52 +0000, jimp wrote:

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

Judas Priest!  You need serious help and I'm not kidding.

This statement is an example of what psychoneurolgists would
call "confabulation."  It means, for one thing, remembering things
that did not happen.

I am not kidding.  GET HELP FAST.


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

IEEE754 has not been around for 43 years.

This probably contributes heavily to you opposition.  You acquired
your formative experience well before the standard was established
and consequently have had a difficult time adapting.


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

Yes, it does.

There are two important clues given, however.  Anyone who has remained
reasonably -- not obsessively -- up to date should be able to pick them
up.

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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
      Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 21:02 +0000
        Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 22:32 +0000
          Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 23:32 +0000
            Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 23:52 +0000
              Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 00:06 +0000
  Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 21:14 +0000
    Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 13:18 -0800
    Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 23:33 +0000
  Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-11-13 13:33 -0800
    Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 22:04 +0000
      Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-13 23:35 +0000
        Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-13 23:54 +0000
          Re: Floating Point Enigma - Please Solve jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 00:15 +0000
  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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