Yeah, there's a genuine need for it, it's not just a joke. But the problem is that floating point people think that it's a magic cure to accuracy and precision

Yeah, there's a genuine need for it, it's not just a joke. But the problem is that floating point people think that it's a magic cure to accuracy and precision issues, when it's really not (just look at Kahan summation). I'm with Gustafson on this one.