Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:11883 comp.arch:6095 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Paul_L_Schauble 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 References: <948@srs.UUCP> <8101@alice.UUCP> <864@l.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 17 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.3295 > 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 --PLS