Re: overflow question
I agree.
John Pryce
On 10 May 2012, at 16:40, Arnold Neumaier wrote:
> On 05/10/2012 03:14 PM, Ralph Baker Kearfott wrote:
> > However, I'm not saying we standardize
> > this; this seems to be a research topic (minor or not).
> > It is my personal opinion that we should standardize things
> > that are already well-understood and for which there will
> > be a universal benefit for everyone to be doing it the
> > same way.
>
> Yes. That's why the usual mathematical definitons of the midpoint (i.e., undefined for empty and unbounded), and a vanilla flmedian should be standardized, rather than newly invented halfbred rules that pollute the standard and won't have a future.