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[Larry McVoy]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:40:10AM +0100, Sijmen J. Mulder wrote:
> Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:
> > Fortran programmers are formally trained (at least I
> > was, there was a whole semester devoted to this) in accumulated errors.
> > You did a deep dive into how to code stuff so that the error was reduced
> > each time instead of increased.  It has a lot to do with how floating
> > point works, it's not exact like integers are.
> 
> I was unaware that there's formal training to be had around this but
> it's something I'd like to learn more about. Any recommendations on
> materials? I don't mind diving into Fortran itself either.

My training was 35 years ago, I have no idea where to go look for this
stuff now.  I googled and didn't find much.  I'd go to the local 
University that teaches Fortran and ask around.