On 03/01/2021 19:15, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2021-01-03, Joe  wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 15:41:04 GMT
>> Jan Panteltje  wrote:
>>
>>>   I use an asm math library written by someone else,
>>> so far 32 bit integer was all I needed,
>>
>>   "If you need to use floating-point arithmetic in FORTH,
>>   you do not fully understand your application"
>>
>> Not sure if it was Charles Moore or Leo Brodie who said that.
>
> It makes sense, though, depending on your applications.
> In 50 years of commercial programming, I can count the
> number of times I've used floating point on the fingers
> of one hand.
>
Odd. I use it extensively. Not for money oriented stuff tho




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