Floating Point Math
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Depends how fast I can move, and the size and initial distance to the storm. Going west means I need to move faster than running directly away.
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Depends how fast I can move, and the size and initial distance to the storm. Going west means I need to move faster than running directly away.
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There's always something, isn't there? :laugh:
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There's always something, isn't there? :laugh:
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no, BYTEs. doubles are 8 bytes each. 3x8 = 24 bytes.
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
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I work on stuff where 15 digits is marginally OK, using plenty of trickery.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Size!
It does matter apparently!
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Ah, just a small bug
That's what she said.
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Someone, somewhere, is thinking "I am a hurricane damage simulator".
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
I'll have my math float away, thank you! :D
It's an OO world.
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Mine isn't nearly as accurate. Wind fields in real-life are surprisingly non-deterministic and literally change with the phase of the moon.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
and literally change with the phase of the moon.
So do I! Oh no... It's a full moo OOOOOOOOOOH!!! *Howl*
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
Most of my work, 4 byte floats are too inaccurate. Some of my work, doubles barely suffice. All of my work, speed matters. Conclusion: I need both, and I need it yesterday! ;P
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
Sometimes you can solve/reduce floating point problems by scaling up - always recording your prices in pennies not dollars for example and your hurricane strength in metric butterflies.
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
4 base 10 digits would generally be OK if the internal representation was base 10 also. Even with all the digits an IEEE754 64bit float provides, weirdness from the inability to represent 0.1 precisely in binary has an obnoxious habit of leaking into userspace.
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Mine isn't nearly as accurate. Wind fields in real-life are surprisingly non-deterministic and literally change with the phase of the moon.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
and literally change with the phase of the moon.
So do I! Oh no... It's a full moo OOOOOOOOOOH!!! *Howl*
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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I'll have my math float away, thank you! :D
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
} -
Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
Both. In my experience, when I've needed more than just a few digits of precision, its because I'm doing a complex calculation, and that's usually when I've needed both precision and speed.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
I would rather use strings, and convert to accurate precision using Unidex.
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Query for all the naysayers ... which would you rather have fast floating point operations or 15 places of accurate precision? Most of my work four places is good enough and I wrote a hurricane damage simulator.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
A modern 64-bit CPU should be able to do double precision in the exact same time it takes to do single. The only difference is how many bytes (8- 4) are needed to store the answer. Personally, I'd use double precision to the bitter end and then format to any desired width. BTW, my Garmin GPS uses single, but military GPS systems use double for coffee mug precision (a thimble if the antenna would fit) and quad to position (station) satellites.
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