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Subject:    [Haskell-cafe] floating point conversion
From:       Carter Schonwald <carter.schonwald () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-09-07 23:42:19
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On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Doug McIlroy <doug@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:

> I won't be at ICFP, but would like to put in a reminder about
> the shabbiness of GHC floating-point output conversion. When I
> raised this issue once before, I got the surprising reaction
> that speed was more important than accuracy.
>

@doug: could you point me to the issue ?

i'm actually allocating some of my time over the next year to improving
floating point matters in ghc and the standard, and specific issues you can
point me to that you've previously articulated would be super helpful :)



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<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 6, \
2017 at 5:22 PM, Doug McIlroy <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:doug@cs.dartmouth.edu" \
target="_blank">doug@cs.dartmouth.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I won&#39;t be at ICFP, but would like to put in a \
reminder about<br> the shabbiness of GHC floating-point output conversion. When I<br>
raised this issue once before, I got the surprising reaction<br>
that speed was more important than \
accuracy.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>@doug: could you point me to the \
issue ?<br><br></div>i&#39;m actually allocating some of my time over the next year \
to improving floating point matters in ghc and the standard, and specific issues you \
can point me to that you&#39;ve previously articulated would be super helpful :) \
<br><br></div><div>  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <span \
class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> Doug McIlroy<br>
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