I think Raul's point is similar to mine: we default to a non-zero comparison tolerance because some differences are too small to be considered significant.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > (1 + 1e_14) -: (1 + 1e_15) > > 1 > > (1 + 1e_14) -:!.0 (1 + 1e_15) > > 0 > > Of course. > > But this does not answer my question: > > If arrays can match when their elements differ slightly, > why should they not match when their difference is not > an element in either array? > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
