[Python-Dev] FP vs. tutorial (original) (raw)
Greg Ward gward@python.net
Tue, 22 May 2001 09:41:57 -0400
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On 21 May 2001, Tim Peters said:
+ Happy to add text explaining the existence of surprises, and providing a URL. Do the floating-point morons on Python-Dev find this one comprehensible?:
I found this article more useful, interesting, and informative than whatever I learned about binary floating-point in my academic years. Good link, Tim. Two catches:
I can just barely follow the FORTRAN examples; I very much doubt the average Python newbie would have any more luck than me
I tried several of the FORTRAN examples in Python, and did not witness any of the gotchas they are meant to illustrate. Possibly it's just single-precision vs. double-precision difference, but Python 2.1 under Linux 2.2 on an Athlon compiled with gcc 2.95.2 doesn't demonstrate the same gotchas as that article does.
Greg
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