From: user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Thomas Koenig  posted:   
      
   > Just found a gem on Cray arithmetic, which (rightly) incurred   
   > The Wrath of Kahan:   
   >   
   > https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/CS279/CrayUG.pdf   
      
   I hope BGB reads this and takes it to heart.   
      
   > "Pessimism comes less from the error-analyst's dour personality   
   > than from his mental model of computer arithmetic."   
   >   
   > I also had to look up "equipollent".   
   >   
   > I assume many people in this group know this, but for those who   
   > don't, it is well worth reading.   
      
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