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From: Paul_L_Schauble@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.arch
Subject: Re: Multiplying two shorts...
Message-ID: <8210@cup.portal.com>
Date: 17 Aug 88 04:11:54 GMT
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> From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
>> ark@alice.UUCP writes:
>> Wouldn't you rather risk having your program get the right answer
>> slowly rather than risk getting the wrong answer outright?

> [...] I find the attitude of
> "ark" execrable; this is what has produced our current bad software
> and also bad hardware.

Gee. If you don't mind getting the wrong answer, I can make ANY program
run a lot faster.

        RESULT = 0.
        RETURN
        END
 
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