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From: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
To: jbuck@Synopsys.COM (Joe Buck)
Cc: slouken@devolution.com, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Rounding errors using doubles?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:46:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903190024.QAA11681@atrus.synopsys.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990331234600.XlA1mJjckSqEk1FcoH-5PX8gOEUUpaeJUtYVbhsY1ro@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199903190011.QAA11085@atrus.synopsys.com>

I wrote:

> Take it to a beginner's programming group....
> Any compiler will be very bad for your software, until you learn how
> to use floating point.

I apologize, my language was unnecessarily harsh.  (It does bug me when
the compiler gets blamed when the user is at fault, but providers of
compilers should be used to that).



  reply	other threads:[~1999-03-31 23:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-03-18 15:41 Sam Lantinga
     [not found] ` < E10NmPs-0005mx-00@roboto.devolution.com >
1999-03-18 15:51   ` Sylvain Pion
1999-03-31 23:46     ` Sylvain Pion
1999-03-18 16:12   ` Joe Buck
     [not found]     ` < 199903190011.QAA11085@atrus.synopsys.com >
1999-03-18 16:25       ` Joe Buck [this message]
1999-03-31 23:46         ` Joe Buck
1999-03-31 23:46     ` Joe Buck
1999-03-18 15:54 ` Dima Volodin
1999-03-31 23:46   ` Dima Volodin
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Sam Lantinga
1999-03-18 16:45 Sam Lantinga
1999-03-18 16:54 ` Dima Volodin
1999-03-31 23:46   ` Dima Volodin
     [not found] ` < E10NnPU-0006Cc-00@roboto.devolution.com >
1999-03-18 16:57   ` David Edelsohn
1999-03-31 23:46     ` David Edelsohn
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Sam Lantinga
1999-03-18 17:43 Ross Smith
     [not found] ` < 002d01be71aa$30d420e0$a8a11dcb@animal.ihug.co.nz >
1999-03-19  6:36   ` craig
     [not found]     ` < 19990319142042.16973.qmail@deer >
1999-03-19  6:36       ` craig
1999-03-31 23:46         ` craig
1999-03-31 23:46     ` craig
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Ross Smith
1999-03-19  9:08 Sam Lantinga
     [not found] ` < E10O2lP-0006t2-00@roboto.devolution.com >
1999-03-19  9:43   ` craig
1999-03-31 23:46     ` craig
1999-03-31 23:46 ` Sam Lantinga

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