float init 0 request

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Fri Aug 21 22:18:38 UTC 2026


On 8/21/2026 2:24 PM, claptrap wrote:
> That's only a problem with recursive algorithms,

The point is the unlikeliness of detecting an error because the coefficient was 
0 instead of 0.1, and the result is plausible.

In the Gimli Glider incident, the pilots did not notice the result was off by 
factor of 2.

The idea that a wrong value of 3.6 instead of a correct 4.0 is more detectable 
than a wrong value of NaN is incorrect.



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