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RE: -ffast-math and floating point reordering
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:46:09 -0000
- Subject: RE: -ffast-math and floating point reordering
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-owner On Behalf Of Joe Buck
> Sent: 25 March 2004 17:10
> I've generally found that the fastest
> way to get the right answer on the net is to confidently
> assert the answer you believe to be right; those who know
> will immediately correct you, while if you just ask, often no
> answers arrive. All it requires is a willingness to look bad
> on occasion.
This so much has the ring of a deep truth about it that it deserves formal
recognition. Hell, I've been using the technique for years myself -
sometimes even deliberately! So unless anyone has a better idea, I dub this
observation "Buck's law of Internet information extraction".
cheers,
DaveK
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