Hi. This may not be a problem for people doing systems programming, but Java's floating point has come under attack lately as being unsafe. There's a long article by well-known numerical analysis gadfly Bill Kahan on the topic. For details, check out http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/JAVAhurt.pdf. -- Art Werschulz (8-{)} "Metaphors be with you." -- bumper sticker GCS/M (GAT): d? -p+ c++ l u+(-) e--- m* s n+ h f g+ w+ t++ r- y? Net: agwat_private <a href="http://www.dsm.fordham.edu/~agw/">WWW</a> Phone: Fordham U. (212) 636-6325, Columbia U. (212) 939-7061
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