[comp.arch] Entertaining quote on division approximation techniques

jimv@omepd.UUCP (03/25/87)

"I deplore those techniques as much as I deplore sexual promiscuity
among teenagers, but in both cases the greater sin is to deny the
sinners information that could prevent something worse."

W. Kahan, UC Berkeley, "Checking Whether Division is Correctly Rounded"
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Jim Valerio	{verdix,intelca!mipos3}!omepd!jimv, jimv@omepd.intel.com