Re: calculators after 1999

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From: pe... Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1990 11:40

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(me, comparing HP with TI)

In article <1990Jan2.190030.28882@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> Did you compare the accuracy of the answers?  One of the things you're paying
> for when you buy from HP is floating-point arithmetic implemented by people
> who know what they're doing!  "Ten correct digits are better than thirteen
> wrong ones."

I don't recall that the results displayed differed, but I didn't look at
the extra digits on the TI. Floating point is for crystallography freaks
and pipe-stress weenies, anyway.
-- 
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva <pe...@sugar.hackercorp.com>
`-_-'
 'U`  "I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on tape somewhere"

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From: pe...@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: calculators after 1999
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Date: 4 Jan 90 11:40:06 GMT
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