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I move that all computing devices be equipped with a small explosive charge, set to explode when someone refers someone else to Goldberg's What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic without the referrer emself having read it.
It would not have to be lethal. I could be content if the apparatus maimed the user into harmlessness.
For what it is worth the advice I wish I had received instead of being suggested Goldberg's essay the first time is:
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in C99). Input them that way when it makes sense.YMMV
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