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From: lm at mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy)
Subject: [COFF] Fwd: Old and Tradition was [TUHS] V9 shell
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 07:19:29 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200224151929.GJ30841@mcvoy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200224104010.2d8510cfe00da71439f5d05e@sjmulder.nl>

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:40:10AM +0100, Sijmen J. Mulder wrote:
> Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:
> > Fortran programmers are formally trained (at least I
> > was, there was a whole semester devoted to this) in accumulated errors.
> > You did a deep dive into how to code stuff so that the error was reduced
> > each time instead of increased.  It has a lot to do with how floating
> > point works, it's not exact like integers are.
> 
> I was unaware that there's formal training to be had around this but
> it's something I'd like to learn more about. Any recommendations on
> materials? I don't mind diving into Fortran itself either.

My training was 35 years ago, I have no idea where to go look for this
stuff now.  I googled and didn't find much.  I'd go to the local 
University that teaches Fortran and ask around.


  reply	other threads:[~2020-02-24 15:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-11 18:41 [COFF] " clemc
     [not found] ` <CAP2nic2C4-m_Epcx7rbW2ssbS850ZFiLKiL+hg1Wxbcwoaa1vQ@mail.gmail.com>
2020-02-12  0:57   ` [COFF] Fwd: " athornton
2020-02-12  1:58     ` clemc
2020-02-12  3:01       ` lm
2020-02-12 18:12         ` clemc
2020-02-12 21:55           ` cym224
2020-02-12 22:11           ` imp
2020-02-12 22:45             ` sauer
2020-02-12 23:05               ` lm
2020-02-12 23:54                 ` [COFF] floating point (Re: " bakul
2020-02-12 23:56                   ` bakul
2020-02-13  1:21                   ` toby
2020-02-13  6:57             ` [COFF] Fwd: " peter
2020-02-16 21:47           ` wobblygong
2020-02-16 22:10             ` clemc
2020-02-16 22:45               ` krewat
2020-02-16 23:50               ` bakul
2020-02-18  0:17                 ` dave
2020-02-18 12:48                   ` jpl.jpl
2020-02-24  9:40         ` ik
2020-02-24 15:19           ` lm [this message]
     [not found]             ` <CAP2nic0fK+=eh=5MuY4BJH6zx4tCRMWcazmm1khYMzNmEdf8ug@mail.gmail.com>
2020-02-24 16:15               ` [COFF] [TUHS] Fwd: Old and Tradition was " clemc
2020-02-24 16:19                 ` clemc
2020-02-24 16:27             ` [COFF] Fwd: Old and Tradition was [TUHS] " clemc
2020-02-12 16:28 jnc
2020-02-12 18:13 ` clemc

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