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March 13, 2014
A Problem So Simple That It Took Decades To Solve
What is the ideal default precision for floating-point output?
March 06, 2014
When the Simplest Case Is One Of The Hardest To Get Right
Whenever we do floating-point input, we know exactly what the input is, and we also know exactly what precision the result should have. The hard problem, then, is how to specify the behavior of floating-point output.
February 27, 2014
More Accurate + Faster = Better, Right?
"At least as precise" is sometimes just a polite way of saying "loosely specified."
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