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Of course, there really is something special about 0, 1, and Inf -- they're the kind of numbers that tend to arise from theory, not just from tuning. Tuning is
by bkirwi 11y ago
Of course, there really is something special about 0, 1, and Inf -- they're the kind of numbers that tend to arise from theory, not just from tuning. Tuning is hugely important for real systems, so an allergy to 'arbitrary' numbers is not useful; on the other hand, this rule is often a nice heuristic to keep in mind when you're picking which numbers to expose in your config files.
- cheatsheet 11y agoAlso, people do use this stuff to think about their computer systems, so I'm a little confused at the author's point of instinct and intuition. Most engineers are trained in analysis of the infinite (calculus), which also includes rigorous analysis of 0 and 1.