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From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@sourceware.org>
To: gcc-cvs-wwwdocs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: gcc-wwwdocs branch master updated. 69cb4c5f2ea3534b7ff5e03324692172096b3f56
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:05:18 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
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commit 69cb4c5f2ea3534b7ff5e03324692172096b3f56
Author: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Date: Sun Apr 11 11:03:58 2021 +0200
bugs: Refine reference to Goldberg's paper
Refer to the PDF version instead of Postscript and quote the title
of the paper instead of "this paper".
diff --git a/htdocs/bugs/index.html b/htdocs/bugs/index.html
index 88fba1b9..4a258213 100644
--- a/htdocs/bugs/index.html
+++ b/htdocs/bugs/index.html
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ represent all real numbers exactly, so it has to use
approximations. When computing with approximation, the computer needs
to round to the nearest representable number.</p>
-<p>This is not a bug in the compiler, but an inherent limitation of
-the floating point types. Please study
-<a href="https://www.validlab.com/goldberg/paper.ps">this paper</a>
+<p>This is an inherent limitation of floating point types, not a bug.</p>
+See Goldberg's <a href="https://www.validlab.com/goldberg/paper.pdf">What
+Every Computer Scientist Should Know about Floating-Point Arithmetic</a>
for more information.</p></dd>
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