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On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen / marnen.org>wrote:

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> Why?  I can't see a single reason to use IEEE floats, unless you've done
> benchmarks and are absolutely certain that it's causing a performance
> problem. [...] IEEE floats have no advantages that I can see and huge
> disadvantages.  I
> just don't see them as being even slightly appropriate or useful for
> math.
>
>
Why? unless you've done benchmarks and are absolutely certain it's causing a
precision problem.

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