Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!pmafire!uudell!bigtex!texsun!geraldo.Central.Sun.COM!male!jethro!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: What is zero, REALly?? Message-ID: Date: 11 Jun 91 19:01:25 GMT References: <1991Jun11.143915.11722@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 9 In-reply-to: djo7613@milton.u.washington.edu's message of 11 Jun 91 14:39:15 GMT Aside from the obvious sources of numerical differences (subtraction, division, etc.) base conversion can often be a quite significant source of such difficulties. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman keith.bierman@Sun.COM| khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043