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No, I think you’re correct. Incomplete source is bad in any world. Unfortunately, it’s that world we live in for pretty much everything. Reproducibility? What
by qwantim1 6y ago
No, I think you’re correct. Incomplete source is bad in any world.
Unfortunately, it’s that world we live in for pretty much everything.
Reproducibility? What if all of the source were to depend on part of a CPU instruction set that we stop using? How long must things be reproducible? We don’t even make lab equipment exactly like we used to with the experiments our current sciences are based on.
However, I give a thumbs up to Groundhog for trying to do the right thing.
- corty 6y agoReproducibility down to CPU bit differences is a sign that you did something wrong. Usually calculation with insufficient precision and no thought given to the range of simulation error. Simulation must be treated like a measurement, there is a maximum precision for your instrument and you have to know and apply it. And even if you might disagree for the single-threaded case, most things running in parallel will eat that free lunch of bit-identical results due to timing differences.