On Monday, 10 October 2016 at 05:32:55 UTC, Nick B wrote:
> On Saturday, 8 October 2016 at 00:35:31 UTC, Nick B wrote:
>> On Sunday, 25 September 2016 at 02:22:01 UTC, Nick B wrote:
>>>
>>> I suggest that now, programmers would/may have a choice: be slow and correct, or fast and incorrect, and that would depend if real accuracy is important or not, the types of problems being work on, and cost of failure. (see examples in John Powerpoint presentation).


Hi Everyone.

Here is a link:  [ http://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=2913029  ]
of an interview between John L Gustafson & Walter Tichy (Professor of Computer Science) published in the ACM Digital Library. Published April 2016. pdf - 11 pages.
It is a easy and informative read with a computer science lens.

I loved this quote at the end of this interview: "Unums are to floats what floats are to integers. They are the next step in the evolution of computer arithmetic". Perhaps what D will need in the future.


cheers
Nick