Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP: a polemic
From: Tim Goetze (tim_AT_quitte.de)
Date: Tue Dec 17 2002 - 00:08:33 EET
Paul Davis wrote:
>>i'd be happy to hear a good example proving this wrong. but
>>take note that i don't accept 1/2, 1/3 and relatives as
>>qualifying because they can better be (and usually are)
>>expressed using integer numbers.
[long reasonings elided]
alright, have your way then if you need all the complication
for so little to gain, and if your scheme gets the votes.
>>about arithmetic: float operations, as you know, introduce
>>round-off error. integers can be used in accumulators with
>>much less inconvenience.
>
>sorry, its just wrong.
prove it.
tim
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