Re: Float comparison

CBFalconer wrote:
Keith Thompson wrote:
.... snip ...
Please cite where Goldberg says that a floating-point number
represents a range of real numbers.

Just a quick note - I haven't read all of Goldberg, and I don't
know.

A small hint. I just searched the document for the word "range" and amongst the 41 hits could not find anything saying that a floating-point number represents a range.

But I am going to stop answering things in this thread for
now and, hopefully, take some time out to write a summary of the
discussions. Unlike this thread, such an article will not be
confused by corrections and evolution of the discussion.

One reason is that this is taking up all of my time, and most of it
is spent reiterating things I said a long time ago.

Perhaps because you have been doing that and changing definitions instead of addressing the points raised. Had you addressed the points raised progress could have been made much faster.
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Flash Gordon
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