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> And then who can program in this way? Who among us can reason effectively about just how far from the true answer we are. If floating point math is anything
by mooism2 15y ago
> And then who can program in this way? Who among us can reason effectively about just how far from the true answer we are.
If floating point math is anything to go by, most programmers won't be able to cope with this. (Then again, most languages do nothing to help programmers keep track of how large the inaccuracies get.)
- fmstephe 15y agoAn interesting point. I suppose if this becomes a really important technique we may see some very interesting language support. Fun times :)