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Article #1321Re: Root finding - Bug in Num Recipes
From: Bruce Scott TOK
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
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In article <3653DFB0.876D5A72@pci.unizh.ch>, Vadim Tarassov <vadim@pci.unizh.ch> wrote: |> Now try your best, force yourself to concentrate your attention on |> following point. |> Ok, one ... two ... three ... |> |> Don't you think that routine was tested before published? Are you sure it was? I've heard claims the NR routines are often _untested_ -- especially the C routines, about which there was a big thread 2-3 months ago talking about some really glaring errors. Look it up on Deja News if interested. cu, Bruce -- "That's the old ecological tale that explains humans' inability to fully appreciate global warming. To wit: if you drop a frog in a pan of hot water, it jumps out. If you drop it in a pan of cold water, then turn the heat up slowly, you can roast it to death." -- Clive Thompson
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,9646b0a747ad2fab X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 107079,9646b0a747ad2fab X-Google-Attributes: gid107079,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9646b0a747ad2fab X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: bds@rzg.mpg.de (Bruce Scott TOK) Subject: Re: Root finding - Bug in Num Recipes Date: 1998/11/19 Message-ID: <730te5INNq86@s4bds.rzg.mpg.de> X-Deja-AN: 413468324 References: <3653374B.950EFD0F@trc.tellabs.com> <3653DFB0.876D5A72@pci.unizh.ch> Organization: Rechenzentrum der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Garching Newsgroups: sci.math.num-analysis,comp.lang.c,gnu.misc.discuss