Re: Floating point equality

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From: John Baugh
Date: Wed, 10 May 1989 21:32

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In article <3349@bd.sei.cmu.edu> firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
>Well, I recall one compiler that implemented fuzzy equality... but

Didn't Dijkstra mention his regret in allowing floating point
equality if two numbers differed only in the last bit?  (I don't
remember the language.)

John Baugh
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From: jwb@LINDENTHAL.CAE.RI.CMU.EDU (John Baugh)
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Subject: Re: Floating point equality
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