On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Sherman Pendley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And second, comparison of floating-point numbers is an inherently inaccurate > in *any* programming language.* I just realized - I forgot the footnote link the * is referring to here. :-( Here 'tis: <http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html> It's titled "What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic," It was written in '91, but it's every bit as relevant today as it was back then. (We have long double now, but that's just more bits - the basic principles are unchanged.) sherm-- -- Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]