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This is indeed a key point in John Gustafson's arguments: With floats, even though there are specialized flags and values that let you detect certain problemati
by triska 8y ago
This is indeed a key point in John Gustafson's arguments: With floats, even though there are specialized flags and values that let you detect certain problematic situations, these flags are often not readily accessible in programming languages, and hence these issues tend to go unnoticed.
- jcranmer 8y ago> these flags are often not readily accessible in programming languages Unless you use C, C++, or Fortran. Which accounts for most numerical algorithms code. Yes, most people aren't aware of them, but not being aware of all the functions in the standard library isn't the same as them not being present there.