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Re: why extending numbers by zeros instead of dropping precision is a good idea

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  • Subject: [mg117915] Re: why extending numbers by zeros instead of dropping precision is a good idea
  • From: Noqsi <noqsiaerospace at gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 06:30:21 -0400 (EDT)

On Apr 1, 1:34 am, Bill Rowe <readn... at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> It seems FixedPoint is doing something behind the scene that
> avoids the problem you describe above.

Well, of course, a specialized function can use specialized error
estimation methods.


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