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A lot of developers will never run into most of the topics discussed in these papers. However, at some point, they will all write some software that does arith
by nanis 5y ago
A lot of developers will never run into most of the topics discussed in these papers.
However, at some point, they will all write some software that does arithmetic on arbitrary data. They will all be tempted to calculate an average by adding all the numbers and dividing by ten. Therefore, I propose that all developers should read and re-read Goldberg[1] regularly.
[1]: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.h...