16 Dec
2002
16 Dec
'02
6:15 p.m.
Paul Davis wrote:
prove it.
tim
>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.