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Re: Change definition of complex::norm
- To: dewar at gnat dot com
- Subject: Re: Change definition of complex::norm
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: 01 Nov 2001 09:20:21 +0100
- Cc: HJSTEIN at bloomberg dot com, gdr at codesourcery dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, nbecker at fred dot net
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <20011031222337.D5772F28C4@nile.gnat.com>
dewar@gnat.com writes:
| << If the scale factor in the algorithm Euclid [the above mentionned
| algorithm] is replaced by max{|a|, |b|}, the results may be less
| accurate on a hexadecimal machine. The reason is that the number
| >>
|
| Yes, well hex machines are a numerical abomination, and this is a good
| example of why :-)
Oh yes, and I wouldn't want to have to do numerics on such machines :-)
-- Gaby