Re: Help, best way to compare doubles

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From: Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 16:13

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In article <4ddev4$1vg@stingray.mcnc.org> coats@mcnc.org (Carlie
Coats) writes: 
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   or (equvalently, but in decently-efficient C):

...though undefined according to the ANSI C standard...

       ( t = a - b )*t < esquared * ( a*a + b*b  + delta )

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