Re: Multi-precision (was...Please give me advice)
On 2010-10-15 06:42:58 -0400, Michel Hack wrote:
> This discussion again suffers from the one-sided view that intervals
> represent uncertain numbers.
>
> When intervals are used to express ranges of values, the concept of a
> midpoint frequently doesn't even make sense.
But one wouldn't normally use mid-rad to express ranges of values;
inf-sup is more suited for that.
I'm just saying that an implementation should have the choice,
depending on the application. Just like IEEE-754 leaves the choice
of the radix to the implementation (and possibly both binary and
decimal could be implemented, but this is not required).
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