Re: Possreps and numeric types

Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>

>>I admit I used epsilon somewhat sloppily and not necessarily with the 
>>exact meaning used when discussing a particular floating-point 
>>implementation. I used it to mean the distance to the representable 
>>predecessor or successor of any representable rational value.


> 

>      That is incorrect.  It is per

>           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_epsilon

> In a floating-point system, epsilon is the smallest number such that

>           1 + epsilon > 1

When you say the above is incorrect, are you saying I was not using epsilon sloppily? Or are you saying I didn't use it to mean the distance to the representable predecessor or successor of any representable rational value? Received on Wed Mar 28 2007 - 22:50:24 CDT