Unum II announcement

[Nick B via Digitalmars-d]

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