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On page 43, Kahan gives a four rule of thumbs. According to rule 3 (declare temporary/local variables all with the widest finite precision that is not too slow n
by qznc 13y ago
On page 43, Kahan gives a four rule of thumbs. According to rule 3 (declare temporary/local variables all with the widest finite precision that is not too slow nor too narrow), I think Kahan would actually agree with you.
Maybe you confused Kahans rant with C semantics?
- qznc 13y agoMore precisely, I think the scenario is different with type inference. What is the type of "c/d", if c and d are f32? Would it be unreasonable, if the expression had type f64 or even more precise?