Re: inlining + optimization = nuisance bugs

Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.demon.co.uk>
29 Sep 1998 15:44:04 -0400

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From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 29 Sep 1998 15:44:04 -0400
Organization: InputPlus Ltd
References: 98-09-149
Keywords: arithmetic

> "Floating point numbers are like heaps of sand: every time you move
> one you lose a bit of sand and pick up a bit of dirt." (Not one of
> mine: I can't remember who said it first).


It's also quoted in Kernighan and Plauger's excellent `Elements of
Programming Style', 2nd Ed. But I don't think they give the origin of
the saying.


Ralph.
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