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on April 29, 2018
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The quadratic formula and low-precision arithmetic
He’s not blaming the inputs. He’s simply saying that some inputs can produce incorrect outputs. He’s not saying the incorrect outputs are the _fault_ of the inputs. He goes on to explain where the blame actually lies, in floating point precision.
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