[SystemSafety] Accuracy of COVID modeling code

[Peter Bernard Ladkin]

On 2020-05-09 18:41 , Derek M Jones wrote:
> 
> Section 5.1.2.3 of the C Standard,
> 
> or sentence 189: https://c0x.coding-guidelines.com/5.1.2.3.html
> "In the abstract machine, all expressions are evaluated as specified by the semantics."
Which should mean that the expression "x^2 - y^2" returns the square of the value of x minus the
square of the value of y. What is called the exact value.

What a poor piece of writing.

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
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