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[P-1788] Correction: List of remaining issues.

P-1788:

I had previously said:

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4. Should the dot product mandated in Motion 9 (which passed) be
   faithful or accurate?
   ("Accurate" means the nearest floating point number to the
    exact result, whereas "faithful" means, I think, to within
    one or two ULPs of the exact result -- correct me if wrong.)
   I think "exact" implies "accurate," but it was requested that this issue
   be revisited.

   Note: Revol, Lefevre, and Rump have already volunteered to produce a
         position paper and motion on this, with me as acting
         chair, so Nathalie can actually participate in the
         motion.
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Actually, the aforementioned people are preparing a more general
position paper on the issue of repeatability and reproducibility.
Exactly how the dot product is handled will depend on how this
question is decided.

Best regards,

Baker
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