Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Tolerance (was Re: Reusability considered harmful??(!!)) Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 91 18:38:37 GMT References: <1401@ucl-cs.uucp> <27A9B451.48BF@tct.uucp> <15863.27ad36b6@levels.sait.edu.au> <777@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 25 In-reply-to: dave@cs.arizona.edu's message of 4 Feb 91 01:03:41 GMT In article <777@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) writes: ... Numerical analysis aside, I can't imagine a single instance of "close is good enough". Most code optimizations, to wit: register allocation (must be correct, but need not be optimal) instruction scheduling (ditto) etc. and traveling salesfolk (ditto) chess/games in general programs (ditto) etc. are these numerical analysis ? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM | khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043