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From Alan Kay's interview: The problem with the Cs, as you probably know if you’ve fooled around in detail with them, is that they’re not quite kosher as far a
by ced 14y ago
From Alan Kay's interview:
The problem with the Cs, as you probably know if you’ve fooled around in detail with them, is that they’re not quite kosher as far as their arithmetic is concerned. They are supposed to be, but they’re not quite up to the IEEE standards.
Does anyone know what he's referring to?
- wmf 14y agoI wouldn't be surprised if he's talking about integer overflow, which has bitten people in surprising ways for decades.