Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Why - the 1/10 of second is not exact anyway (unless you happen to
>>have an atomic clock in an appropriate physical enviroment attached to
>>your machine). A double's mantissa is better than your typical oscillator.
>
>While it may not be correct, at least it's exact.
The importance of the distinction escapes me - where the errors come
from does not matter in the real world.
>If we go with an inexact
>representation, we run the risk of accumulating errors and eventually
>ending up with a number that's both inexact and incorrect.
But computer time is always inexact and incorrect - thats why we need NTP.
--
Nick Ing-Simmons
