On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:47:56 +0200 Michael Sperber <sper...@deinprogramm.de> wrote:
> No, it isn't. You may want to re-read what I wrote. Do you have another explanation for those recent developments in the world of floating point arithmetic? I accept that I might have mis-interpreted your post. As I said, I think that side is wrong, and I don't care to argue the point. Just thought that ".. everyone .. has long accepted binary floating point as .. adequate for doing financial calculations..." needed a counterpoint. Personally I'm happy with binary, and I've argued the point with Mike Cowlishaw, and am prepared to concede that I don't care. Cheers, -- Andrew _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev