[linux-audio-dev] XAP: a polemic

Tim Goetze tim at quitte.de
Mon Dec 16 17:17:00 UTC 2002


Paul Davis wrote:

>>i'd be happy to hear a good example proving this wrong. but
>>take note that i don't accept 1/2, 1/3 and relatives as 
>>qualifying because they can better be (and usually are) 
>>expressed using integer numbers.

[long reasonings elided]

alright, have your way then if you need all the complication
for so little to gain, and if your scheme gets the votes.

>>about arithmetic: float operations, as you know, introduce
>>round-off error. integers can be used in accumulators with
>>much less inconvenience.
>
>sorry, its just wrong.

prove it.

tim




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