It's Been a While
In my compilers class, we are discussing optimization. Floating point numbers don't behave like other normal numbers. Our example of how you can't necessarily optimize floating point operations was to add a big number to a small number, subtract the big number, and compare what you expect to what actually occurs.
"So we add the very small number to a big number, say the national debt."
To which a student replies, "the national debt isn't that big."
And I had to post this because saying $13 trillion isn't a big number is quite possibly the most retarded thing I've ever heard.
"So we add the very small number to a big number, say the national debt."
To which a student replies, "the national debt isn't that big."
And I had to post this because saying $13 trillion isn't a big number is quite possibly the most retarded thing I've ever heard.