Re: exact dot product
On 2013-05-18 10:29:21 -0400, Michel Hack wrote:
> My earlier arguments were based on the fact that P1788 was at some point
> supposed to be a standard for *dependable floating-point arithmetic*,
> which would include complete arithmetic as well as interval arithmetic.
I don't see the point in having both required in a single standard.
Most users of interval arithmetic won't be interested in complete
arithmetic. And complete arithmetic is only one way (probably not
the best one... or do you have benchmarks?) to get more accuracy.
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