Unums: A Radical Approach to Computation with Real Numbers
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Unums: A Radical Approach to Computation with Real Numbers
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#2Anyone out there have the background to speak to the relevance of this approach? It seems tantalizingly simple and logical, which usually means I'm forgetting some critical small detail :)
Re: Unums: A Radical Approach to Computation with Real Numbers
#3An interview with Gustafson: http://insidehpc.com/2015/03/slidecast-john-gustafson-explai...
His book on Unums: http://www.amazon.com/End-Error-Computing-Chapman-Computatio...
IEEE floating point is an absolute disaster, so I hope this works out.
From the reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2ckk5u/unum_a_...