Windows Vista restricts GNU GCC apps to 32 MB

[Jamon Camisso]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> On 5/3/07, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Understanding the accuracy of floating point calculations is often
>> very difficult and not really for amateurs.  I consider myself an
>> amateur even after a couple of undergrad courses and one grad course
>> in numerical analysis (from Hull) and attending a couple of talks by
>> Kahan.
> 
> I don't have *that* much understanding, but consider that the fact of
> knowing that "there's a problem with floating point" is a vital bit of
> necessary 'professional competence.'
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't think there are terribly many professionals
> left in this regard, and this is leaving the world bereft of
> understanding that it's even an issue.  That's very troubling.

I suspect the movie "Office Space" was the first introduction many 
people had to the perils of floating point arithmetic :)

Jamon
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