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.