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From: Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDe...@noaa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: An strange point
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:25:26 -0400
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Gordon Sande wrote:

> The problem is that 0.1d0 is a notational fiction

I really like that phrase to refer to the issue of finite precision computation. Succinct 
and imbibed with some mild shock value to make one think about the underlying mechanism(s).


cheers,

paulv