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Re: specfunc error analysis - generated and propagated errors.
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Brian Gough wrote:
> C J Kenneth Tan -- OptimaNumerics writes:
> > I wonder what your view may be, about code running on supercomputers.
> > Will you still recommend the approach of Gottbrath et al?
>
> Well, I guess it would make sense to check the value of the exponent
> in Moore's law before going to the beach.
Wow. That's profound! I love it!
That belongs in a .signature somewhere...;-)
I'll have to drop it into casual conversation on the beowulf list
sometime (as if I invented it, naturally:-). Or maybe in a Cluster
World column. :-)
rgb
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Well, I guess it would make sense to check the value of the exponent
in Moore's law before going to the beach.
-- Brian Gough