Re: gEDA-user: pcb crooked traces

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 10, 2010, at 5:38 AM, Karl Hammar wrote:

> On the downside for integers we have, if I may cite John Doty:
> 
>  "There are subtle problems with carrying real number analytic
>  geometry into a discrete domain."
> 
> So far I have not found any good reasons for using integers, and John 
> has presented a wery good one for NOT using them. If we can get rid of
> thoose "subtle" problems, we will have a more healthy program and it
> will also be easier for new developers to join (in that part).

You misunderstand. Computer floats are not real numbers: they are discrete elements of a finite set. Their behavior is more difficult to comprehend than the behavior of integers.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@xxxxxxxxx




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