On Saturday 19 February 2011 23:09:51 Walter Bright wrote: > Walter Bright wrote: > > Bottom line is, if you work with numbers, you've got to pay attention to > > roundoff error and other mechanical issues in deriving answers, whether > > you're using a calculator, a computer, a slide rule, by hand, whatever. > > If you don't, you are incompetent. > > I mean "you" generically, not anyone in particular. Sorry 'bout that.
I figured as much. Regardless, I'm glad that I don't generally have to do much in the way of math- centric programming. - Jonathan M Davis