Re: inlining + optimization = nuisance bugs

>"Floating point numbers are like sandpiles; every time
>you move one you lose a little sand and pick up a little dirt"
>
>Kernighan just assured me that it was indeed Vic Vyssotsky
>from whom the quote was taken (my backup guess was Hamming).


Poorly optimized floating point operations, then, would be like sand
turned into glass -- shiny and bright, and may even be useful for
holding a bit of water, but every time you get near one, you get cut.


--
Quinn Tyler Jackson


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