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Sun Researchers: It's not always Microsofts Fault! by subbywan 2006-11-19 12:55:59
Sad, but true?
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  People do bad reasoning. by mwq2003-12-19 03:37:37
    Also depends on the language by ideur2003-12-19 03:55:46
      Now calculate the square root of two for me. (n/t) by mwq2003-12-19 04:21:11
        Square root of 2 in LISP by ideur2003-12-19 05:11:34
          I rest my case. (n/t) by mwq2003-12-19 05:13:17
            Sorry, but i don't know FORTRAN well enough by ideur2003-12-19 05:23:16
              Assembler has floating point numbers, by mwq2003-12-19 05:27:29
                On some machines Assembler has floating point by JohnClarke2003-12-19 05:54:11
              If I must... by wheresthefish2003-12-19 05:46:19
                I don't know FORTRAN, but by mwq2003-12-19 05:50:53
                  Not necessarily by wheresthefish2003-12-19 05:56:56
                    Come on. by mwq2003-12-19 05:58:53
                      GP4 assembler. by wheresthefish2003-12-19 06:16:00
                        Sounds fun. by mwq2003-12-19 06:19:55
                          Nyet. by wheresthefish2003-12-19 06:21:54
                            No clicky, but I'll explain. by mwq2003-12-19 06:26:34
                              My god, that sounds worse than Oook. by wheresthefish2003-12-19 06:39:37
                    Been a long time since I did FORTRAN by JohnClarke2003-12-19 06:22:48
                      It certainly means REAL*8 on every compiler by wheresthefish2003-12-19 06:37:52
          Another example in "bc" by ideur2003-12-19 05:18:07
            Nice floating point numbers. by mwq2003-12-19 05:22:11
      Any language by Didactylos2003-12-19 04:22:49
    Graphic requires floating point by Slamlander2003-12-19 04:08:14
      Definitely. by Didactylos2003-12-19 04:20:22
      Alright. So you're going to have bad graphics. by mwq2003-12-19 04:24:49
        Ha! by Didactylos2003-12-19 04:30:38
          I still can't see how by wheresthefish2003-12-19 04:42:19
            Wellll, it it were by binkley2003-12-19 04:54:55
              AAAAAARRRRRRGHHHH FP for address calcs! by JohnClarke2003-12-19 06:00:40
              Gak! *twitch* by Silvermoon822003-12-19 06:25:35
          So? by mwq2003-12-19 05:12:23
            Excuse me, hardware based FP is rather fast by Slamlander2003-12-19 06:51:12
              Slower than integers. by mwq2003-12-19 06:54:26
              It is however, inherently inaccurate. by wheresthefish2003-12-19 06:55:03
                Well ... yeah! They're not getting any better by Slamlander2003-12-19 06:59:50
                  Err, sorry. by wheresthefish2003-12-19 07:10:51
      Graphics vs. float by moddermonster2003-12-19 11:38:36
    "The time issue on the Patriot is inexcusable" by scissors2003-12-19 07:24:33
      Answer to your last question: by mwq2003-12-19 07:39:43
      They didn't anticipate 'long-term' applications by funtime2003-12-19 10:38:34
  One question nobody's asked: by Tomo2003-12-19 04:44:42
    And how do you determine those parameters then? by wheresthefish2003-12-19 05:08:32
      Do those patriots by moddermonster2003-12-19 11:13:20
      unless the patriots position is based on GPS by schneigl2003-12-19 12:16:40
        Well if it's position is GPS based, by wheresthefish2003-12-19 13:14:04
  Another scary thing: by Silvermoon822003-12-19 06:31:58
    Not in the XP or 2K EULAs by JohnClarke2003-12-19 06:53:05
  The only processor that does accurate FP by Slamlander2003-12-19 07:04:22
    Technically analog number aren't floating point. by mwq2003-12-19 07:08:46
      Analog Computers are built by Slamlander2003-12-19 10:17:22
  Whoo, by moddermonster2003-12-19 08:05:21

 

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