Here is a minor musing from something that came up yesterday. Sometimes we see a real number expression as simple as...
x*y/z ...and knowing from basic algebra that... (x*y)/z == x*(y/z) ...we might not expect much difference between the two in our code. Alas, computer floating point does not involve real numbers, rather it uses an approximation of them. If you will copy https://play.golang.org/p/IlDxtvx7IY to your computer, build and run it, (too much CPU for the playground) you'll find that the order makes a difference. Or, you can just remember this phrase, "multiply first, then divide." -- Michael T. Jones michael.jo...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
