Re: (default) Real->Rat precision should match what compiler uses for literals
[email protected] (yary) Sat, 3 Mar 2018 17:32:02 -0300
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--000000000000800b99056687fd2b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Or instead of 1/2**(32 or 64), re-asking these questions about epsilon: " Why so large? Why not zero? " What's justification for using 1/100,000 vs. something smaller vs. 0 "max possible precision?" --000000000000800b99056687fd2b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Or instead of 1/2**(32 or 64), re-asking these questi= ons about epsilon:<br><br>"=C2=A0 Why so large?<br> <br>=C2=A0=C2=A0 Why not zero?=C2=A0 "<br> <br></div>What's justification for using 1/100,000 vs. something smalle= r vs. 0 "max possible precision?"<br></div> --000000000000800b99056687fd2b--